Comments on: How to build a node in Drupal programmatically

By: pat

pat — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:59:07 +0000

Nice but how to set default values for content type fields. Nobody on the web explain it. I know node_object_prepare but it fill only sticky, ... default values. What to do for custom fields

Thanks

By: Muhabbet

Muhabbet — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:32:52 +0000

Thank you a lot about very beneficial to my work was very useful thank you

By: ycc

ycc — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:31:32 +0000

Thanks.

Drupal is great, but sometimes its documentation lacks the practical parts a little, IMHO.

This snippet clarifies a lot. Really useful.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:17:24 +0000

I found this code very helpful. I wanted to add to it showing how you can add values to CCK fields:

$newnode->field_custom_field = array(array('value' => 'Custom Value Here'));

By: John

John — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:44:21 +0000

I was wondering if there was just a plugin that would do this. Thanks for the tip.

By: bart

bart — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:40:46 +0000

great snippet! This seems to update node and node_revisions. Is there a quick way to retrieve new node numbers to apply them to a custom content table?

By: mx_

mx_ — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:56:39 +0000

Theoretically, you could put it anywhere where drupal runs php (even evaluated blocks with php code), but ideally, you should put this code into your module. When you start a new drupal website, you should always start at least one module to put all your custom functionality into it. For example, you might need this to run on hook_nodeapi (to respond to some drupal’s event), or on hook_menu callback, or whatever you please.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:52:21 +0000

Could you clarify where does this code go? in a file by itself? how does it communicate with Drupal?

By: mx_

mx_ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:55:31 +0000

it’s supposed to be: global $user;

(although php wouldn’t care about spaces)

By: Familiar

Familiar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:49 +0000

fifth line requires semi-colon ‘;’