lithium\data\Model::create()

public static method

Instantiates a new record or document object, initialized with any data passed in. For example:

$post = Posts::create(['title' => 'New post']);
echo $post->title; // echoes 'New post'
$success = $post->save();

Note that while this method creates a new object, there is no effect on the database until the save() method is called.

In addition, this method can be used to simulate loading a pre-existing object from the database, without actually querying the database:

$post = Posts::create(['id' => $id, 'moreData' => 'foo'], ['exists' => true]);
$post->title = 'New title';
$success = $post->save();

This will create an update query against the object with an ID matching $id. Also note that only the title field will be updated.

Parameters

  • array $data

    Any data that this object should be populated with initially.
  • array $options

    Options to be passed to item.

Returns

object

Returns a new, un-saved record or document object. In addition to the values passed to $data, the object will also contain any values assigned to the 'default' key of each field defined in $_schema.

Filter

This method can be filtered.

Source

	public static function create(array $data = [], array $options = []) {
		$defaults = ['defaults' => true, 'class' => 'entity'];
		$options += $defaults;

		$params = compact('data', 'options');

		return Filters::run(get_called_class(), __FUNCTION__, $params, function($params) {
			$class = $params['options']['class'];
			unset($params['options']['class']);
			if ($class === 'entity' && $params['options']['defaults']) {
				$data = Set::merge(Set::expand(static::schema()->defaults()), $params['data']);
			} else {
				$data = $params['data'];
			}
			return Libraries::instance(
				null,
				$class,
				['model' => get_called_class(), 'data' => $data] + $params['options'],
				static::object()->_classes
			);
		});
	}