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Create an index

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Create an index

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The index operations are all contained under a distinct namespace, separated from other methods that are on the root client object. As an example, let’s create a new index:

$client = new Elasticsearch\Client();
$indexParams['index']  = 'my_index';    //index

$client->indices()->create($indexParams);

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You can, of course, specify any parameters that would normally be included in a new index creation API. All parameters that would normally go in the request body are located in the body associative array:

$client = new Elasticsearch\Client();
$indexParams['index']  = 'my_index';

// Index Settings
$indexParams['body']['settings']['number_of_shards']   = 3;
$indexParams['body']['settings']['number_of_replicas'] = 2;

// Example Index Mapping
$myTypeMapping = array(
    '_source' => array(
        'enabled' => true
    ),
    'properties' => array(
        'first_name' => array(
            'type' => 'string',
            'analyzer' => 'standard'
        ),
        'age' => array(
            'type' => 'integer'
        )
    )
);
$indexParams['body']['mappings']['my_type'] = $myTypeMapping;

// Create the index
$client->indices()->create($indexParams);

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