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Evert Arends
Evert Arends

Reputation: 142

Why do I get an error when adding a category programmatically in Prestashop?

I am trying to write a script that imports my categories from a XML into prestashop. There is one problem, the script does not add the category and stops working when it reaches ->add();

I'm trying to find the problem, but I really don't know what to do anymore.

Here is my script:

if ($cat == "") {
        $category = new Category;
        $category->active = 1;
        $category->id_parent = 3;
        $category->name[1] = $product->category_name;;
        $category->link_rewrite[1] = Tools::link_rewrite($product_xml->category_name);
        echo "<br />name of new category = $product->category_name <br /> <br />";
        $category->add();
        $G_array[] = $category->id;
        $G_cat = $G_cat . "\r\n" . 'Category: ' . $category->name[1].' with the id: '.$category->id.' Created'; //adding new category to var, to be displayed at the index page.
    }else{

I am using prestashop 1.6, I hope that someone can explain to me what I am doing wrong..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1310

Answers (2)

Matteo
Matteo

Reputation: 93

It works for me

$Category = new Category();
$Category->name = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'nome'];
$Category->link_rewrite = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'link_rewrite'];
$Category->description = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'descrizione'];
$Category->active = 1;
$Category->id_parent = 3;
$Category->add();

for update

$Category = new Category($id_category);
$Category->name = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'nome'];
$Category->link_rewrite = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'link_rewrite'];
$Category->description = [(int)Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT') => 'descrizione'];
$Category->active = 1;
$Category->id_parent = 3;
$Category->update();

you can check if the category is valid with this function

Validate::isLoadedObject($Category) //true or false

remember prestashop checks whether the values of the changes are valid

'name' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCatalogName', 'required' => true, 'size' => 128),
'link_rewrite' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isLinkRewrite', 'required' => true, 'size' => 128),
'description' => array('type' => self::TYPE_HTML, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCleanHtml'),

isCatalogName, isLinkRewrite, isCleanHtml these are controls insertion

Upvotes: 1

David Jim&#233;nez
David Jim&#233;nez

Reputation: 54

You must delete character not valid in link_rewrite. Delete punctuation marks, vowels with accents, brackets, ... In prestashop code there is a function to convert a string to link_rewrite.

Rarely does the array starts at 1... Change it:

$category->name[0]=... $category->link_rewrite[0]=...

PD: The best way to manipulate data in prestashop is the Rest API

Upvotes: 0

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