With the contrib Entity API module, use entity_create, for example:
try {
$entity_type = 'entity_type';
$entity = entity_create($entity_type, array('type' => 'type_or_bundle'));
$wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper($entity_type, $entity);
$wrapper->type = 'some_type'; // When entity type has bundles, you can specify a type.
$wrapper->isNew = TRUE;
$wrapper->title = '';
$wrapper->attachedField1 = '';
$wrapper->attachedField2 = '';
$wrapper->some_other_property = 'foo';
$wrapper->field_some_field = 'bar';
$wrapper->field_multiple_field = array('foo', 'bar');
$wrapper->save();
}
catch (EntityMetadataWrapperException $e) {
watchdog_exception('my_module', $e);
}
See also: Drupal 7 - Create a Node in Code page which provides the following example:
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();
}
To create a new entity using Drupal core entity - try Examples module, using contrib Entity API - try Model Entities module.
For more examples, search on GitHub.
