Updating Magento Attribute Programmatically

Question

I have been writing a script that updates my attribute add_ten_pence, the attribute is a yes/no boolean value. At the moment it goes through the SKU\'s

Answer 1

Try saving the single attribute instead of the entire product collection.

require_once('app/Mage.php');

umask(0);
Mage::app('default');
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);
$productCollection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection();

foreach($productCollection as $product) {
    echo 'updating ' . $product->getSku() . PHP_EOL;
    $product->setData('add_ten_pence', 1);
    $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'add_ten_pence');
}

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UPDATE

Much faster way:

$productCollection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection();
$array_product = $productCollection->getAllIds();    
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_action')->updateAttributes($array_product, array('add_ten_pence' => 1), Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

(Thanks https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/146/marius!)