1// indices/create-index.asciidoc:81
2
3[source, php]
4----
5$params = [
6    'index' => 'twitter',
7    'body' => [
8        'settings' => [
9            'index' => [
10                'number_of_shards' => 3,
11                'number_of_replicas' => 2,
12            ],
13        ],
14    ],
15];
16$response = $client->indices()->create($params);
17----
18