1// indices/create-index.asciidoc:99
2
3[source, php]
4----
5$params = [
6    'index' => 'twitter',
7    'body' => [
8        'settings' => [
9            'number_of_shards' => 3,
10            'number_of_replicas' => 2,
11        ],
12    ],
13];
14$response = $client->indices()->create($params);
15----
16