Create pod fields programatically

Hi
I’m trying to create a new field for a pod called “software” like this:

$params = array(

    'pod' => 'software',
    'name' => 'myNewField',
    'label' => 'myNewLabel',
    'type' => 'text',
);

$software = pods('software');

$new_field = $software->save_field ( $params, true, true, $db = true );

I don’t know what i’m doing wrong but $new_field just returns NULL.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers
Bonsak

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