$page->createFile()

Creates a new file

• files.create
• kirby/src/Cms/HasFiles.php#L63

$page->createFile(array $props, bool $move = false): Kirby\Cms\File

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
$props *	array	–
$move	bool	false	If set to true, the source will be deleted

For the $props parameter, you pass an array with the following data, which will be used to set up the Kirby\Cms\File object:

Name	Type	Description
blueprint	array	Sets the Blueprint object
content	array	Sets the Content object
filename *	string	Sets the filename
parent *	Kirby\Cms\Model	Sets the parent model object
root	string	Always set the root to null, to invoke auto root detection
template	string
translations	array	Create the translations collection from an array
url	string	Sets the url

Return type

Kirby\Cms\File

Parent class

Kirby\Cms\Page

Example

Create new file from a local file path

$file = $page->createFile([
    'filename' => 'tree.jpg',
    'template' => 'image',
    'source'   => $kirby->root('assets'). '/images/' . 'tree.jpg',
    'parent'   => $page,
    'content'  => [
        'alt' => 'Single tree on a field'
    ],
]);