Create drupal basic page Programmatically PHP

By cofaure on 18 Aug 2016 at 11:46 UTC

Hi,

I want to create a PHP script to create basic pages on Drupal 8. I need some advices, i don't know how to start, i just have my database connection. I don't know which data i have to create etc... Maybe i have to create a row in node...

Any idea ?

Comments

Basic sections:

slewazimuth commented 18 August 2016 at 23:05

Basic sections:

1. Setup error handling.
2. Initialize Drupal 8 before booting.
3. Boot the Drupal kernal.
4. Login.
5. Create a node entity with desired bundle.

Check the links below:

Shashwat Purav commented 22 August 2016 at 07:31

Check the links below:

Create a custom page
A "Hello World" Custom Page Module

Thank You,
Shashwat Purav

Thanks for the links

gouli commented 26 March 2019 at 04:17

This is very useful for Drupal beginners.

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cofaure commented 23 August 2016 at 08:17

In fact, i'm just trying to update the drupal database to create a page. So i need to know which tables i have to update (node__body etc)

Best way to do it is, not by

Shashwat Purav commented 23 August 2016 at 08:49

Best way to do it is, not by updating databse tables but using Drupal's API. Please find below useful link to create nodes programatically in D8.

Programmatically create nodes

Thank You,
Shashwat Purav

Shashwat is correct. You

Jaypan commented 23 August 2016 at 08:53

Shashwat is correct. You should never directly write to any tables that you have not created yourself. Always use the Drupal API for that.

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cofaure commented 23 August 2016 at 08:56

Ok guys i understand, i'll try with something like that :

use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
$node = Node::create([
  'type' => 'article',
  'langcode' => 'en',
  'created' => REQUEST_TIME,
  'changed' => REQUEST_TIME,
  'uid' => 1,
  'title' => 'My test!',
  'field_tags' =>[2],
  'body' => [
    'summary' => '',
    'value' => '<p>The body of my node.</p>',
    'format' => 'full_html',
  ],
]);
$node->save();

Thank you

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cofaure commented 23 August 2016 at 10:00

Last question, i dont understand this line "use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;"

I have got a multisite drupal installation, which path i have to use ?

I don't know where i have to put the php code.

That's the namespace of Node.

Jaypan commented 25 August 2016 at 09:33

That's the namespace of Node. It tells the system both where the file is (for autoloaders), and ensures that it can be used even if you have another class named Node somewhere else in your system (since they will be in a different namespace).

This is related to the code base, not the database, so you will use the same value regardless of which site you are using in your multisite.