Set a boolean (single on/off checkbox) value while creating a node

Question

I am creating a node (in Drupal 8) with the following code.

use DrupalnodeEntityNode;

$node = Node::create([
            'type' => 'calendar_data',
            'title' => 'testing finaly 1111111111111111111111111 ',
            'field_current_month' => date('Y-m-d'),
            'field_date_type_value' => '1',
        ]);
$node->save();

The value of field_date_type_value is set to 0, not the expected value (1) I am using in the code.

Vernit Gupta · Answer

Try

$node = Node::create([
        'type' => 'calendar_data',
        'title' => 'testing finaly 1111111111111111111111111 ',
        'field_current_month' => date('Y-m-d'),
        'field_date_type_value' => ['value' => '1'],
    ]);

$node->save();

Ju1yy · Answer

Sorry for late response, but I had the same problem few days ago. What worked for me was first of all creating the node and then setting the boolean value:

$node = Node::create([
        'type' => 'calendar_data',
        'title' => 'testing finaly 1111111111111111111111111 ',
        'field_current_month' => date('Y-m-d'),
    ]);
$node->field_date_type_value->value = true,

$node->save();

The 'inline' field setting didn't work neither for some other fields for me. But the explicit version is working very well.

Set a boolean (single on/off checkbox) value while creating a node

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