First, you will need to create an associative array that contains the data of the page type that you are creating.

The array can contain the following fields:

We will create a page type using only the required fields: ctHandle and ctName. The steps are as follows:

concrete5 will take the data array that you pass in and use it to create a new CollectionType record in the database. concrete5 will also automatically generate a Master Collection page in the database. The Master Collection is a template page that concrete5 will use as base for all pages of that type. Any blocks, attributes, or other data assigned to the Master Collection will automatically be added to any new pages created with that page type.

If you are creating this page type in a custom package, you will need to pass in your package object to the add() function, so concrete5 knows that this page type belongs to your package. That way, when users uninstall your package, they will have the option of removing all of the page types that it created.

Assuming that you know the handle of your package, use the following code to create a page type with it:

$data = array(
  'ctHandle' => $handle,
  'ctName' => 'Page Type Name'
);
$pkg = Package::getByHandle('my_package');
$newPageType = CollectionType::add($data, $pkg);