Copy and Paste Category in Magento

Question

I want to copy my first category to a second category in Magento. What should I do?

Thanks, Wesley.

Answer 1

By code:

<?php
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')
    ->load(123); // The ID of the category you want to copy.
$copy = clone $category;
$copy->setId(null) // Remove the ID.
     ->save();

Answer 2

If you want to do it in a programmatic way you can use the Magento API. Use:

catalog_category.info - to read a category
catalog_category.create - to create a new one by copying data from existing.

Here are the docs for category API

Answer 3

I wouldn't clone the category object, but rather do something like this (using the Magento API - http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/doc/webservices-api/catalog_category ):

• get the category which must be copied

  $source_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($id);
  

• Create a new category using the API

  $CategoryApi = new Mage_Catalog_Model_Category_Api();
  $parent_id = /* Location for the new category */
  
  $new_category_id = $CategoryApi->create(
      $parent_id,
      array(
          /* Attributes to fill with source category values. */
      )
  );
  

• Get the source category products and place them in the new category, again with the API.

  $products = $CategoryApi->assignedProducts(source_category->getId());
  
  foreach($products as $product)
  {
      $CategoryApi->assignProduct($product->getId())
  }
  

• Above must be done recursively for each subcategory.

Note: Using the API ensures your code will still work when you upgrade the Magento core.