[SOLVED] Create a category from a module

[orwell]

Hi !

 

I'm writing a custom module and I need to create new categories from there.

 

I'm wondering which is the best and easiest way to create a new category from a script. I can't find a method in the Category class to do so...

 

Maybe someone has a snippet ready to use.

 

Thank you

Edited July 9, 2012 by orwell (see edit history)

[bellini13]

Category extends ObjectModel which has an add function. Basically just instantiate a new category object and call add(), then set your attributes and perform an update. Should do it

[orwell]

Thank you for pointing this out.

I had some trouble to set the translated fields but I found a way to do it.

$category->description = array((int)(Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT')) => "here is my description");

[orwell]

By the way is there a simple way to get the ID of the object created ?

 

For now I make a DB query to retrieve it, but maybe there's a better way.

[bellini13]

yes, each class that extends ObjectModel has an attribute named id. So after you perform the add, you can access the id by doing this

$id = $category->id;

[kerwin]

yes,i agree with you .