Update products programmatically in Magento

Question

I\'m working on a script that will create or update products in my catalog.
The script works fine when the product needs to be created, but it fails when the product alr

Answer 1

Chances are, in your "setter calls" you are trying to set something that cannot be directly set on $product. It could even be the "setTeinte" as I am not sure what that is trying to set. But as we cannot see all your code, it is a little difficult to say, so as I guide, take a look at the code below, which sets some information directly on the product and then stock levels. It does therefore, illustrate how certain data has to be set. I hope it helps.

$SKU = (string)$XMLproduct->Sku;
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku',$SKU);

if ($product) {
    //Product found, so we need to update it in Magento.

    $product->setName((string)$XMLproduct->Name);
    $product->setPrice((real)$XMLproduct->SalePrice);
    //$product->setDescription((string)$XMLproduct->LongDescription);
    //$product->setShortDescription((string)$XMLproduct->Description);

    $product->save();

    $productId = $product->getId();
    $stockItem =Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($productId);
    $stockItemId = $stockItem->getId();

    $stockItem->setData('manage_stock', 1);
    $stockItem->setData('qty', (integer)$XMLproduct->QtyInStock);

    $stockItem->save();

    echo $SKU," Updated: Name: '",(string)$XMLproduct->Name,"', Price: ",(real)$XMLproduct->SalePrice,", Stock level: ",$XMLproduct->QtyInStock,PHP_EOL;

    $updated++;
} 

Answer 2

Easy with Magento API, also can use methods....

example

$data = array('qty'=>1, 'is_in_stock'=>1)

$stockModel = new Mage_CatalogInventory_Model_Stock_Item_Api;
$stockModel->update($product_id, $data);

Also can set Admin mode

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

Answer 3

Adding Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID); before saving product solves the error. The sample code below updates product's cost.

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);
$productId = 160;
$newCost = 80;
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productId);
$product->setCost($newCost)->save();

Answer 4

<?php
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');

$product
//    ->setStoreId(1) //you can set data in store scope
    ->setWebsiteIds(array(1)) //website ID the product is assigned to, as an array
    ->setAttributeSetId(9) //ID of a attribute set named 'default'
    ->setTypeId('simple') //product type
    ->setCreatedAt(strtotime('now')) //product creation time
//    ->setUpdatedAt(strtotime('now')) //product update time

    ->setSku('testsku61') //SKU
    ->setName('test product21') //product name
    ->setWeight(4.0000)
    ->setStatus(1) //product status (1 - enabled, 2 - disabled)
    ->setTaxClassId(4) //tax class (0 - none, 1 - default, 2 - taxable, 4 - shipping)
    ->setVisibility(Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Visibility::VISIBILITY_BOTH) //catalog and search visibility
    ->setManufacturer(28) //manufacturer id
    ->setColor(24)
    ->setNewsFromDate('06/26/2014') //product set as new from
    ->setNewsToDate('06/30/2014') //product set as new to
    ->setCountryOfManufacture('AF') //country of manufacture (2-letter country code)

    ->setPrice(11.22) //price in form 11.22
    ->setCost(22.33) //price in form 11.22
    ->setSpecialPrice(00.44) //special price in form 11.22
    ->setSpecialFromDate('06/1/2014') //special price from (MM-DD-YYYY)
    ->setSpecialToDate('06/30/2014') //special price to (MM-DD-YYYY)
    ->setMsrpEnabled(1) //enable MAP
    ->setMsrpDisplayActualPriceType(1) //display actual price (1 - on gesture, 2 - in cart, 3 - before order confirmation, 4 - use config)
    ->setMsrp(99.99) //Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

    ->setMetaTitle('test meta title 2')
    ->setMetaKeyword('test meta keyword 2')
    ->setMetaDescription('test meta description 2')

    ->setDescription('This is a long description')
    ->setShortDescription('This is a short description')

    ->setMediaGallery (array('images'=>array (), 'values'=>array ())) //media gallery initialization
    ->addImageToMediaGallery('media/catalog/product/1/0/10243-1.png', array('image','thumbnail','small_image'), false, false) //assigning image, thumb and small image to media gallery

    ->setStockData(array(
                       'use_config_manage_stock' => 0, //'Use config settings' checkbox
                       'manage_stock'=>1, //manage stock
                       'min_sale_qty'=>1, //Minimum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart
                       'max_sale_qty'=>2, //Maximum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart
                       'is_in_stock' => 1, //Stock Availability
                       'qty' => 999 //qty
                   )
    )

    ->setCategoryIds(array(3, 10)); //assign product to categories
$product->save();

Answer 5

//here what i use in codeigniter
function updateProducts(){
    $params = array('name' => 'adminhtml'); // frontend or adminhtml
    $this->load->library('magento', $params);
    error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
    //$mageFilename = 'app/Mage.php';
    //require_once $mageFilename;
    Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);
    umask(0);
    Mage::app();
    Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID));      
    $obj = new stdClass(); 
    $obj->Sku = '25484684';
    $obj->Name = 'test product 2';
    $obj->SalePrice = 55;
    $obj->LongDescription = 'test product long decription.test product long decription.test product long decription.';
    $obj->Description = 'short descrption';
    $res = $this->updateMagentoProduct($obj);
    //dumb($res);
}
function updateMagentoProduct($XMLproduct){
    $SKU = (string)$XMLproduct->Sku;
    $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku',$SKU);
    if (!$product) {//insert new product
        $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
        $product->setSku($SKU);
    }       
    //$product = new Mage_Catalog_Model_Product();
    // Build the product
    $product->setAttributeSetId(4); // 4 means Default AttributeSet
    $product->setTypeId('simple');
    $product->setName((string)$XMLproduct->Name);
    $product->setCategoryIds(array(2,3,4,5,6,7));
    $product->setWebsiteIDs(array(1)); # Website id, 1 is default 
       //$product->setWebsiteIds(array(Mage::app()->getStore(true)->getWebsite()->getId()));
    //$product->setWebsiteIDs(array(1)); # Website id, my is 1 (default frontend)
    $product->setDescription((string)$XMLproduct->LongDescription);
    $product->setShortDescription((string)$XMLproduct->Description);
    $product->setPrice((real)$XMLproduct->SalePrice);
    # Custom created and assigned attributes
    //$product->setHeight('my_custom_attribute1_val');
    //$product->setWidth('my_custom_attribute2_val');
    //$product->setDepth('my_custom_attribute3_val');
    //$product->setType('my_custom_attribute4_val');
    //Default Magento attribute
    $product->setWeight(1.0);
        $product->setVisibility(Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Visibility::VISIBILITY_BOTH);
    $product->setStatus(1);
    $product->setTaxClassId(0); # My default tax class
    /*$product->setStockData(array(
        'is_in_stock' => 1,
        'qty' => 99999
    ));*/
    $product->setCreatedAt(strtotime('now'));
    try {

        $product->save();
        $productId = $product->getId();
        $stockItem =Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($productId);
        $stockItemId = $stockItem->getId();

        $stockItem->setData('manage_stock', 1);
        $stockItem->setData('qty', 99999);//(integer)$XMLproduct->QtyInStock

        $stockItem->save();



        echo '<h5>'.$SKU," Updated: Name: '",(string)$XMLproduct->Name,"', Price: ",(real)$XMLproduct->SalePrice,", Stock level: ",PHP_EOL.'</h5>';
    }
    catch (Exception $ex) {
        //Handle the error
        echo '<h5>'.$ex->getMessage().'</h5>';
    }
    // assign product to the default website        
    return $product->save();
}