Code snippet that can be used to create menu link programmatically in drupal 8.
to add menu links juste use MenuLinkContent::create() function where you want.
Here an example with custom menu link:
use Drupal\menu_link_content\Entity\MenuLinkContent;
/**
* hook_cron()
*/
function mymodule_cron(){
MenuLinkContent::create([
'title' => 'Contact US',
'link' => ['uri' => 'internal:/node/2'],
'menu_name' => 'main',
'weight' => 10,
])->save();
}
Here an example with submenu creation:
juste add 'parent' option.
'parent' => 'route.name',
Or you can use this example:
$menu_link_content = MenuLinkContent::create([
'title' => 'Menu',
'link' => ['uri' => 'internal:/node/2'],
'menu_name' => 'main',
'weight' => 2,
'expanded' => TRUE,
]);
$menu_link_content->save();
$mid = $menu_link_content->getPluginId();
$menu_link_2 = MenuLinkContent::create([
'title' => 'Submenu',
'link' => ['uri' => 'internal:/node/3'],
'menu_name' => 'main',
'weight' => 21,
'parent' => $mid,
]);
$menu_link_2->save();
