Store category record using JTable instance from controller

Question

I want to store a category record from controller by using JTable. My working code is-

$table = JTable::getInstance('Category');
$data = array('id' => 0, 'parent_id' = 1, 'path' => 'demo', 'level' => 1, 'title' => 'demo');

if ($table->bind($data)) {
    $table->store(true);
}

This code section store the record into #__categories table but problem is it stores parent_id = 0 and level = 0 always. How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

I get the solution by the help of @mickmackusa and using this forum link https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=592653.

My final code is now

$table = JTable::getInstance('Category');
$data = array('id' => 0, 'parent_id' = 1, 'path' => 'demo', 'level' => 1, 'title' => 'demo');

if ($table->bind($data)) {
    if ($table->store(true)) {
        $table->moveByReference(0, 'last-child', $table->id); // this method generates the original parent_id and level for me.
    }
}