magento - Add all my EAV attributes to a product -

so going thru alan storm's magento tutorials , completed page eav attributes. http://alanstorm.com/magento_advanced_orm_entity_attribute_value_part_1

it worked flawlessy, have couple questions. have xml feed trying read products , storing in db. while works, , added new table created, when in admin under manage-->products, there no products listed.

i noticed in admin when go catalog-->manage attributes, don't see new eav attributes. explanation, , looking @ new db tables, see actual product data & attribute meta data being stored; in newly created tables.

but to:

1. see these new products saving db in manage products in admin
2. make sure new eavs added (based on xml field names) associated these items when placed in main admin product view

i followed code exactly, changed names based on experiment:

foreach ($xml $c) {         $car = mage::getmodel('vehicleimport/eavvehicle');         ...         ...         ...         $car->save(); } 

if use magento products manager, should stick magento core functionality. there no products in catalog > manage products because not use mage_catalog module , entities store products.

instead using custom module. not correct way store catalog.

it seems want use custom attributes on products. that's fine , correct. need add them catalog_product entity, not you're custom eavvehicle.

to add new product attribute go admin panel catalog > manage attributes , create new one. there way create them dynamically. use mage_catalog_model_resource_setup object, e.g.:

 $catalogsetup = mage::getresourcemodel('catalog/setup','default_setup'); $catalogsetup->addattribute('catalog_product', 'attribute_name', array $attributedefinition); 

or can use module define setup , use upgrade scripts add new attributes when needed.

you can define attribute sets group attributes. allows put necessary attributes on products.

you use mage::getmodel('catalog/product') add products. loop like:

 foreach ($xml $c) {         $car = mage::getmodel('catalog/product');         ...         ...         ...         $car->save(); } 

if you're using multiple store views (perhaps language versions) can set different language values same product. save them proper store need set correct store view, e.g.:

 $car = mage::getmodel('catalog/product'); $car->setstoreid(mage::app()->getstore('french')->getid()); $car->setname('french name of car'); $car->save(); 

if not use multiple store views, safe set admin store id on product before save.

mandatory fields/attributes creating new product in magento:

• attribute_set_id
• type_id (i.e. simple, configurable, grouped, etc.)
• website_ids (as array)
• is_active
• status (not sure if it's mandatory)
• visibility
• all attributes grouped in attribute set set required (i.e. sku, name, price, tax_class_id, etc.)