(PECL sphinx >= 0.1.0)
SphinxClient::updateAttributes — Update document attributes
$index
   , array $attributes
   , array $values
   [, bool $mva = false
  ] )Instantly updates given attribute values in given documents.
index
     Name of the index (or indexes) to be updated.
attributes
     Array of attribute names, listing attributes that are updated.
values
     Associative array containing document IDs as keys and array of attribute values as values.
    Returns number of actually updated documents (0 or more) on success, or
    FALSE on failure.