insert_blog( string $domain, string $path, int $network_id )

Store basic site info in the blogs table.

Description

This function creates a row in the wp_blogs table and returns the new blog’s ID. It is the first step in creating a new blog.

Parameters

$domain

(Required) The domain of the new site.

$path

(Required) The path of the new site.

$network_id

(Required) Unless you're running a multi-network installation, be sure to set this value to 1.

Return

(int|false) The ID of the new row

Source

File: wp-includes/ms-functions.php 

function insert_blog($domain, $path, $network_id) {
	global $wpdb;

	$path = trailingslashit($path);
	$network_id = (int) $network_id;

	$result = $wpdb->insert( $wpdb->blogs, array('site_id' => $network_id, 'domain' => $domain, 'path' => $path, 'registered' => current_time('mysql')) );
	if ( ! $result )
		return false;

	$blog_id = $wpdb->insert_id;
	clean_blog_cache( $blog_id );

	wp_maybe_update_network_site_counts( $network_id );

	return $blog_id;
}

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Version Description
WP-MU Introduced. (3.0.0)