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Drupal: Create a Node in Code
<?php
function my_create_a_node() {
global $user;
// entity_create replaces the procedural steps in the first example of
// creating a new object $node and setting its 'type' and uid property
$values = array(
'type' => 'YOUR_NODE_TYPE',
'uid' => $user->uid,
'status' => 1,
'comment' => 1,
'promote' => 0,
);
$entity = entity_create('node', $values);
// The entity is now created, but we have not yet simplified use of it.
// Now create an entity_metadata_wrapper around the new node entity
// to make getting and setting values easier
$ewrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('node', $entity);
// Using the wrapper, we do not have to worry about telling Drupal
// what language we are using. The Entity API handles that for us.
$ewrapper->title->set('YOUR TITLE');
// Setting the body is a bit different from other properties or fields
// because the body can have both its complete value and its
// summary
$my_body_content = 'A bunch of text about things that interest me';
$ewrapper->body->set(array('value' => $my_body_content));
$ewrapper->body->summary->set('Things that interest me');
// Setting the value of an entity reference field only requires passing
// the entity id (e.g., nid) of the entity to which you want to refer
// The nid 15 here is just an example.
$ref_nid = 15;
// Note that the entity id (e.g., nid) must be passed as an integer not a
// string
$ewrapper->field_my_entity_ref->set(intval($ref_nid));
// Entity API cannot set date field values so the 'old' method must
// be used
$my_date = new DateTime('January 1, 2013');
$entity->field_my_date[LANGUAGE_NONE][0] = array(
'value' => date_format($my_date, 'Y-m-d'),
'timezone' => 'UTC',
'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
);
// Now just save the wrapper and the entity
// There is some suggestion that the 'true' argument is necessary to
// the entity save method to circumvent a bug in Entity API. If there is
// such a bug, it almost certainly will get fixed, so make sure to check.
$ewrapper->save();
}
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