Setting dynamic templates with Elastica

demo.php

<?php
/**
 * Gather some prerequisites.
 */
$es_client = new Elastica_Client(array('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 9200));
$es_index  = $es_client->getIndex('yourindex');
$es_type   = $es_index->getType('yourtype');

/**
 * Initialize a mapping object.
 */
$mapping = new Elastica_Type_Mapping();

/**
 * Set the default, on beforehand known, properties of the document type.
 */
$mapping->setProperties(array(
	'name' => array('type' => 'string', 'index' => 'not_analyzed'),
	'price' => array('type' => 'float', 'index' => 'not_analyzed', 'include_in_all' => false),
));

/**
 * Set the dynamic mapping, based on these rules:
 * http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/root-object-type.html
 */
$mapping->setParam('dynamic_templates', array(
	// used for faceting and filtering of the new attributes
	array('attribute_identifier' => array(
		'match' => 'attribute_identifier_*',
		'mapping' => array('type' => 'string', 'index' => 'not_analyzed', 'include_in_all' => false),
	)),
	
	// used when a user performs a full text search.
	array('attribute_search' => array(
		'match' => 'attribute_search_*',
		'mapping' => array('type' => 'string', 'omit_norms' => true),
	)),
));

/**
 * Set the mapping for the type in Elasticsearch.
 */
$res = $es_type->setMapping($mapping);
if ($res->isOk())
{
	echo "The mapping with dynamic fields has been set!";
}
else
{
	echo "Could not set the mapping with the dynamic templates. Error is shown below:" . PHP_EOL;
	echo $res->getError();
	exit 1;
}