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Drupal - PHP Add Taxonomy Term

Submitted by Kevin on Wed, 21/04/2010 - 16:34

Q: How can I programmatically create or add new Taxonomy Terms using PHP code?
A: Call the function taxonomy_save_term() passing in the details of the new taxonomy term.

To create a new taxonomy term through PHP you can use taxonomy_save_term(&$form_values) which is mainly intended for use as a helper function to by the real drupal taxonomy add term form. The relevant term details are passed in via the $form_values parameter and the Term Id of the newly created taxonomy term is placed back in this array and can be accessed by the calling code. I wrote the following function wrap taxonomy_save_term(&$form_values) to make it a bit easier to use:

function add_taxonomy_term($name, $vid, $description = '', $weight = 0) {

  $form_values = array();
  $form_values['name'] = $name;
  $form_values['description'] = $description;
  $form_values['vid'] = $vid;
  $form_values['weight'] = $weight;
  taxonomy_save_term($form_values);
	
  return $form_values['tid'];
}

It is passed the name of the new term, the Id of the vocabulary under which it is to be created and optionally a description and a weight. The Id of the new term is returned.

I thought that perhaps somebody might find this code useful, and ill find it here if ever I need it again! ;-)