insert new category from each manufacturers (for Prestashop 1.6)

copy_manufacturers_as_categories.php

<?php

error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE); //good (and pretty enough) for most hostings
ini_set('display_errors',1);
 
if (!ini_get('safe_mode')) {
    @set_time_limit(0); //no time limiting for script, doesn't work in safe mode
} else {
    @ini_set('max_execution_time', '0'); // no time limiting for script, works in SAFE mode
}

include(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../config/config.inc.php');
include(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../init.php');
 
// for Prestashop 1.6
// foreach manufacturers  insert new category with id_parent = ?

$manufacturers = Manufacturer::getManufacturers( 
	$id_lang = (int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 
	$id_shop = (int)Context::getContext()->shop->id, 
	$get_nb_products = false, 
	$active = false, 
	$group_by = false, 
	$like = false, 
	$p = false, 
	$n = false, 
	$all_group = false

);


foreach ($manufacturers as $manufacturer) {
	
	$cat = createCategory( $manufacturer['name'], $parent_id = 25, $active = 1, $id_shop = 1, $id_lang = 1, $link_rewrite = 'lr', $meta_description = 'md', $meta_keywords = 'mk', $meta_title = 'mt' );

	echo $manufacturer['name']."<br>";
}



function createCategory( $name, $parent_id = 2, $active = 1, $id_shop = 1, $id_lang = 1, $link_rewrite = 'lr', $meta_description = 'md', $meta_keywords = 'mk', $meta_title = 'mt' ) {
	$cat = new Category();
	$cat->id_parent = $parent_id;
	$cat->is_root_category = false;
	$cat->link_rewrite = [ $id_lang => $link_rewrite ];
	$cat->meta_description = [ $id_lang => $meta_description ];
	$cat->meta_keywords = [ $id_lang => $meta_keywords ];
	$cat->meta_title = [ $id_lang => $meta_title ];
	$cat->name = [ $id_lang => $name ];
	$cat->active = $active;
	$cat->id_shop_default = $id_shop;
	$cat->add();
	return $cat;
}

exit;