Magento – Set attribute value from other attribute

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I have custom attribute 'brand'. I should set its value in attribute 'manufacturer'. How can i do this? For now, all that i cat do ->
shell file

require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../app/Mage.php';
Mage::app('admin');

$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()->addAttributeToFilter('manufacturer', Null);
$avid = $product->getResource()->getAttribute('brand');
$product->setData('manufacturer', $avid)->save();

There the mistake or maybe it is fundamentally wrong?
And it must be replaced in all products

Best Answer

For me saving Product object for single data is not good idea, its take to much time. you can try below code which will help you to reduce time as well ,

and if you are saving data from shell then set store as admin.

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID); //set admin store for current opration

$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()->addAttributeToFilter('manufacturer', Null);

$avid = $product->getResource()->getAttribute('brand');
$product->setData('manufacturer', $avid);
$product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'manufacturer');

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Magento – Create a sortable and filterable custom attribute to stand-alone entity

When adding the product attribute, set used_in_product_listing, used_for_sort_by and filterable to true.

You can do that with the following update script:

$installer = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/setup', 'catalog_setup');
$installer->startSetup();
$installer->updateAttribute('catalog_product', 'product_type', 'used_in_product_listing', 1);
$installer->updateAttribute('catalog_product', 'product_type', 'used_for_sort_by', 1);
$installer->updateAttribute('catalog_product', 'product_type', 'is_filterable', 1);
$installer->endSetup();

Thats all, if if you are NOT using the flat catalog.

If you enable the flat catalog product feature, then you need to ensure that your custom source model implements the methods getFlatColums(), getFlatIndexes() and getFlatUpdateSelect().
If they are missing, your attribute won't be included in the generated flat tables, even if used_in_product_listing is enabled.
Have a look at the class Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Attribute_Source_Boolean for an example. You can probably copy over the methods with minimal adjustments into your custom source model from there. Otherwise, please ask a new question.

Magento – Programmatically Move Attributes to Attribute Set

I would always suggest doing this sort of thing via a module's set-up scripts. For full details on set-up script see, but for what you need something like the following should work.

<?php
/* @var $this Mage_Customer_Model_Entity_Setup */
$this->startSetup();

$attribute_set_name = 'your attribute set name here';
$group_name = 'your attribute group here';
$attribute_code = 'your attribute code here';

//-------------- add attribute to set and group
$attribute_set_id=$this->getAttributeSetId('catalog_product', $attribute_set_name);
$attribute_group_id=$this->getAttributeGroupId('catalog_product', $attribute_set_id, $group_name);
$attribute_id=$this->getAttributeId('catalog_product', $attribute_code);

$this->addAttributeToSet($entityTypeId='catalog_product',$attribute_set_id, $attribute_group_id, $attribute_id);

$this->endSetup();

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Magento – Create a sortable and filterable custom attribute to stand-alone entity

Magento – Programmatically Move Attributes to Attribute Set

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