17 thoughts on “Adding Custom Options to Products in Magento”

1. I am trying to use this to create a radio button attribute. I am getting an error saying that “Select type options required values rows.”. Here is my array:

   $option = array(
   ‘title’ => $title,
   ‘type’ => ‘radio’,
   ‘is_require’ => 1,
   ‘price’ => null,
   ‘price_type’ => null,
   ‘sku’ => ‘testsku’,
   ‘file_extension’ => null,
   ‘image_size_x’ => ‘0’,
   ‘image_size_y’ => ‘0’,
   ‘options’ => array(
   ‘optionName’ => ‘optionValue’,
   ‘optionName2’ => ‘optionValue2’)
   );

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2. Hi Martin,

   If you are trying to create a custom option of type “select” (Drop-down), you must provide an array element “values” which consists of option values, each of them an array. The option values array must contain at least these elements:

              "title" => option title
               "price" => option price
               "price_type" => option price type ("fixed" or "percent")
               "sku" => option SKU
   

   This is an example of a “values” array:

     "values" => array(
       "0" => array(
           "option_type_id" => -1,
           "is_delete" => '',
           "title" => "t1",
           "price" => "1",
           "price_type" => "fixed",
           "sku" => "111",
           "sort_order" => ''
         ),  
       "1" => array(
           "option_type_id" => -1,
           "is_delete" => '',
           "title" => "t2",
           "price" => "2",
           "price_type" => "fixed",
           "sku" => "222",
           "sort_order" => '' 
         )
   );
   

   Elements “option_type_id”, if present, must be set to -1.

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3. Thank you! Finally a method that really works. I was always having trouble getting the products has_options field to be stored correctly. But it works with your Method

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4. Hi, can i add more custom options to product cuz with code above i can not do it. Only last one is saved…

   $options = array(
       array(
           'title' => 'First Line',
           'type' => 'text',
           'is_require' => 0,
           'sort_order' => 1,
       ),
       array(
           'title' => 'Second Line',
           'type' => 'text',
           'is_require' => 0,
           'sort_order' => 2,
       ),
   );
   
   foreach($options as $option){
   
       $optionInstance = $product->getOptionInstance()->unsetOptions();
   
       $product->setHasOptions(1);
       if (isset($option['is_require']) && ($option['is_require'] == 1)) {
           $product->setRequiredOptions(1);
       }
       $optionInstance->addOption($option);
       $optionInstance->setProduct($product);
       $product->save();
   }
   

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   • Hi,

     The main problem in your code is that the option type is wrong: it should be field instead of text. Because of the wrong type the options can’t be correctly saved.
     Also it would be better to change the loop to add all options to $optionInstance variable and save the product once instead of each time for every option.

     The resulting code that works in my shop is this:

     $options = array(
         array(
             'title' => 'First Line',
             'type' => 'field',
             'is_require' => 0,
             'sort_order' => 1
         ),
         array(
             'title' => 'Second Line',
             'type' => 'field',
             'is_require' => 0,
             'sort_order' => 2
         ),
     );
     
     $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productId);
     $optionInstance = $product->getOptionInstance()->unsetOptions();
     
     $product->setHasOptions(1);
     
     foreach($options as $option){
         if (isset($option['is_require']) && ($option['is_require'] == 1)) {
             $product->setRequiredOptions(1);
         }
         $optionInstance->addOption($option);
     }
     $optionInstance->setProduct($product);
     $product->save();
     

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     • thanks sir,
       nice working…

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5. Also can you please tell me how to add and delete options on product view page. I’ll like to duplicate the “Description” Tab so I can load videos specific for videos.

   How do I do #2 and #3? I figured out #1. http://gethealthyafrica.com/media/images/kallyas_productpage.jpg

   The person I bought the theme from told me to edit the local.xml and view.phtml, but gave me no codes.

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6. for those who receive the Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry ….

   istead of $product->save()

   add saveOptions();
   in :
   $optionInstance->setProduct($product)->saveOptions();

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   • Thank you so macht!! I spent hours trying to solve the constraint.

     Regards

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7. Hi,

   Thank you very much for this.

   For some reason (CE 1.7) my values are not being added. My script is almost identical to yours:

   
'Test',
'type' => 'drop_down',
'is_require' => 1,
'sort_order' => 0,
'values' => array (
array (
'title' => 'Option Value 1',
'price' =>100,
'price_type' => 'fixed',
'sku' => 'any sku for 1',
'sort_order' => '1'
),
array (
'title' => 'Option Value 2',
'price' =>100,
'price_type' => 'fixed',
'sku' => 'any sku for 2',
'sort_order' => '1'
),
array (
'title' => 'Option Value 3',
'price' =>100,
'price_type' => 'fixed',
'sku' => 'any sku for 3',
'sort_order' => '1'
)
)
);

   foreach ($productIds as $productId) {
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productId);
$optionInstance = $product->getOptionInstance()->unsetOptions();
$product->setHasOptions(1);
if (isset($option['is_require']) && ($option['is_require'] == 1)) {
$product->setRequiredOptions(1);
}
$optionInstance->addOption($option);
$optionInstance->setProduct($product);
$product->save();
}


   Any ideas?

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8. Absolutely cannot get this to work when using select option types while observing `catalog_controller_product_view`.

   Like others, my code is identical and I’m using 1.9x

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9. Hello I don’t want to give custome option to every product i want to give it to product in 1 categories – there are many products. So how can i do this??. ANd if i don’t want to give SKu here then whay is coe for array. I want to take dropdown list pls help me

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10. Hello,
    I want my customer to upload multiple photos but want to give just one button. At present if i try to add more photos only the last one gets saved. Please help me in achieving this. I am using magento 1.9. Thanks in advance.

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11. Hi
    thank you for this script and the simple way you explain it. I’m a newer in magento and i wonder where to add this script to got it work. I want to add a insurance as custom options to my products by price range and categories in cart checkout. Can you help me please? thank you

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12. hi, i have a bundle product wich type is packet product, when i try to add it to the cart
    shows this error ¨Please specify product option(s).¨, can you help me i have no idea was going on… i am new in magento. thanks

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14. Hi,

    I have to add multiple checkboxes with some amount as a custom option for all my products.

    Can you please let me know where I can add above mentioned code?

    Waiting for your reply.

    Thanks.

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