Magento user created attribute for products is not saved...
- by Elzo Valugi
I am fighting an apparently simple thing for about two days now. I hope somebody can help.
I created the myUpdate EAV attribute
class Company_Module_Model_Resource_Eav_Mysql4_Setup extends Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup
{
public function getDefaultEntities()
{
return array(
'catalog_product' => array(
'entity_model' => 'catalog/product',
'attribute_model' => 'catalog/resource_eav_attribute',
'table' => 'catalog/product',
'additional_attribute_table' => 'catalog/eav_attribute',
'entity_attribute_collection' => 'catalog/product_attribute_collection',
'attributes' => array(
'my_update' => array(
'label' => 'My timestamp',
'type' => 'datetime',
'input' => 'date',
'default' => '',
'class' => 'validate-date',
'backend' => 'eav/entity_attribute_backend_datetime',
'frontend' => '',
'table' => '',
'source' => '',
'global' => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
'visible' => true,
'required' => false,
'user_defined' => true,
'searchable' => false,
'filterable' => false,
'comparable' => false,
'visible_on_front' => false,
'visible_in_advanced_search' => false,
'unique' => false,
'apply_to' => 'simple',
)
)
)
);
}
}
The attribute is created OK and on install appears correctly in the list of attributes.
Later I do
// for product 1
$product->setMyUpdate($stringDate); // string this format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
$product->save(); // and saves without issues * in admin module
But later when I do:
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(1);
var_dump($product->getMyUpdate()); // returns null
Somehow the data is not really saved.. or I am not retrieving it correctly.
Please advice on how to get the data and where the data is saved in the DB so I can check at if the insert is done correctly.
Thanks.
