insert_item — Insert a new item into the Omeka database.
Summary
- insert_item($metadata = array(), $elementTexts = array(), $fileMetadata = array())
Insert a new item into the Omeka database.
- Parameters:
$metadata (
array) – Set of metadata options for configuring the item. The array can include the following properties: - ‘public’ (boolean) - ‘featured’ (boolean) - ‘collection_id’ (integer) - ‘item_type_id’ (integer) - ‘item_type_name’ (string) - ‘tags’ (string, comma-delimited) - ‘overwriteElementTexts’ (boolean) – determines whether or not to overwrite existing element texts. If true, this will loop through the element texts provided in $elementTexts, and it will update existing records where possible. All texts that are not yet in the DB will be added in the usual manner. False by default.$elementTexts (
array) – Array of element texts to assign to the item. This follows the following format:: array( [element set name] => array( [element name] => array( array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]), array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]) ), [element name] => array( array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]), array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]) ) ), [element set name] => array( [element name] => array( array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]), array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]) ), [element name] => array( array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]), array(‘text’ => [string], ‘html’ => [false|true]) ) ) );$fileMetadata (
array) – Settings and data used to ingest files into Omeka and add them to this item. Includes the following options: - ‘file_transfer_type’ (string = ‘Url|Filesystem|Upload’ or Omeka_File_Transfer_Adapter_Interface). Corresponds to the $transferStrategy argument for addFiles(). - ‘file_ingest_options’ (array) Optional array of options to modify the behavior of the ingest. Corresponds to the $options argument for addFiles(). - ‘files’ (array or string) Represents information indicating the file to ingest. Corresponds to the $files argument for addFiles().
- Returns:
Item