How to Programmatically set a Product’s Multi-Select Attribute by Labels

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The question:

If have a multiselect attribute and want to set the selection on a product.

$selectedOptions = "red,green,blue";
$product->..... // # what to do?

How can I do that?

The Solutions:

Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.

Method 1

Multiselect attributes can be set as a comma separated list (or also an array) containing the attribute value ids.

So first we have to convert the actual values to Magento’s internal ids.

$attrCode = 'color_base';
$sourceModel = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getResource()
    ->getAttribute($attrCode)->getSource();
$valuesText = explode(',', 'red,green,blue');
$valuesIds = array_map(array($sourceModel, 'getOptionId'), $valuesText);
$product->setData($attrCode, $valuesIds);
$product->save();

Method 2

Modify last line of the above code 

$product->save();

with

$product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, $attrCode);

It works

Method 3

$attrCode = 'color_base';
$sourceModel = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getResource()
   ->getAttribute($attrCode)->getSource();
$valuesText = explode(',', 'red,green,blue');
$valuesIds = array_map(array($sourceModel, 'getOptionId'), $valuesText);
$OptionIds = implode(',', $valuesIds); 
$product->setColorBase($attrCode, $OptionIds);
$product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'color_base');


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