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<h1 class="refname">fdf_set_value</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fdf_set_value</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the value of a field</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fdf_set_value</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$fdf_document</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$fieldname</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$isName</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets the <em><code class="parameter">value</code></em> for the given field.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fdf_document</code></em></span>
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The FDF document handle, returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-create.html" class="function">fdf_create()</a></span>,
<span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-open.html" class="function">fdf_open()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-open-string.html" class="function">fdf_open_string()</a></span>.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fieldname</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Name of the FDF field, as a string.
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</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
This parameter will be stored as a string unless it is an array. In
this case all array elements will be stored as a value array.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">isName</code></em></span>
<dd>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
In older versions of the FDF toolkit last parameter determined if the
field value was to be converted to a PDF Name (= 1) or set to a PDF
String (= 0).
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<p class="para">
The value is no longer used in the current toolkit version 5.0. For
compatibility reasons it is still supported as an optional parameter
beginning with PHP 4.3, but ignored internally.
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</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fdf-set-value-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.fdf-set-value-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>4.3.0</td>
<td>
Support for arrays in the <em><code class="parameter">value</code></em> parameter was
added.
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</tr>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fdf-set-value-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-get-value.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_get_value()</a> - Get the value of a field</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fdf-remove-item.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fdf_remove_item()</a> - Sets target frame for form</span></li>
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