mini\metadata() Function

Documentation

Get or create a Metadata instance

With no arguments: Returns a new Metadata for building annotations. With class name: Returns metadata built from class attributes (auto-cached by MetadataStore). With custom identifier: Returns cached metadata from the store.

Examples:

// New metadata
$m = metadata()->title('Username')->description('User login identifier');

// From class attributes (auto-built and cached)
$userMeta = metadata(User::class);

// Access property metadata
$usernameMeta = metadata(User::class)->username;

// Manually store metadata
Mini::$mini->get(MetadataStore::class)[User::class] = metadata()
    ->title('User')
    ->properties([
        'username' => metadata()->title('Username')->readOnly(true)
    ]);

Signature

function metadata(?string $classOrName = NULL): mini\Metadata\Metadata

Parameters

Returns

mini\Metadata\Metadata

Source

src/Metadata/functions.php:43-58