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<h1 class="refname">MongoGridFS::put</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >=1.0.8)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoGridFS::put</span> — <span class="dc-title">Stores a file in the database</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoGridFS::put</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$metadata</code><span class="initializer"> = array()</span></span>
] )</div>
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em>
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Name of the file to store.
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<em><code class="parameter">metadata</code></em>
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Other metadata fields to include in the file document.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">These fields may also overwrite those that would be created automatically by the driver, as described in the MongoDB core documentation for the <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/gridfs/#the-files-collection" class="link external">» files collection</a>. Some practical use cases for this behavior would be to specify a custom <em>chunkSize</em> or <em>_id</em> for the file.</p></p></blockquote>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">Returns the <em>_id</em> of the saved file document. This will be a generated <a href="class.mongoid.html" class="classname">MongoId</a> unless an <em>_id</em> was explicitly specified in the <em><code class="parameter">extra</code></em> parameter.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mongogridfs.put-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mongogridfs.storebytes.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">MongoGridFS::storeBytes()</a> - Stores a string of bytes in the database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mongogridfs.storefile.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">MongoGridFS::storeFile()</a> - Stores a file in the database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mongogridfs.storeupload.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">MongoGridFS::storeUpload()</a> - Stores an uploaded file in the database</span></li>
<li class="member">MongoDB core docs on <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/gridfs/" class="link external">» GridFS</a></li>
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