Magento 1.7 – Loaded Product Missing Media Gallery Attribute

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I am loading a product like so:

$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku', 'MyStockCode');

Then I try to get the images using:

$existingGallery = $product->getMediaGallery('images');

but it comes back with a null value. When inspecting _data against $product the media_gallery attribute is missing.

From all the references I have read, this is how to load the images against a product but this doesn't seem to be working for me.

Notes:

I can see the images in the admin area against that product so they are definitely there.

I am doing this in the admin area, not frontend.

Best Answer

If you load the product by ID the media gallery will be loaded:

$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
$id = $product->getIdBySku($sku);
$product->load($id);

The difference is that loadByAttribute loads the product via a collection. Alternatively, if you already have a loaded product and simply want to load the associated images, you can use

$product->getResource()->getAttribute('media_gallery')
    ->getBackend()->afterLoad($product);

After that all images of the product are accessible via $product->getMediaGalleryImages()

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Try below code, i hope it will help you

 $prodID = '2121';//product ID  
 $mediaApi = Mage::getModel("catalog/product_attribute_media_api"); 
 $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($prodID);
    $items = $mediaApi->items($_product->getId());
    foreach($items as $item) {
        $data =  array(
            'file' => array(
                'name' => 'file_name',
                'content' => base64_encode(file_get_contents('product.jpg')),
                'mime'    => 'image/jpeg'
            ),
            'label'    => 'Cool Image Through Soap',
            'position' => 2,
            'types'    => array('small_image'),
            'exclude'  => 0
        );
        $mediaApi->update($_product->getId(), $item['file'],$data);
    }

How to Delete Configurable Product Attributes

When you have some configurable products created on the basis of that attribute you can't delete the attribute. But if you want to really delete that attribute, you have to delete the products first.
You will not find any hacky method for it. These attributes are saved in eav attribute table and products just get its id (attribute_id) to relate. so if you delete the attribute, you will face errors like "something is being load non-object..." etc, and you may even not be able to edit that product at backend nor it will load at frontend. so be cautious before committing such things on live.

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