Question

I am using magento 1.7. i have got issue i don’t know why this is happen. i just open product in backend for edit then click on duplicate then i got following error

Warning: Illegal string offset 'new_file' in D:\wamp\www\easyshop\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Product\Attribute\Backend\Media.php on line 158

when i try following code to debug file:

print_r($newImages);
die;

then i got this following data

Array
(
    [/s/a/samsung_galaxy_s2_front1.jpg] => /s/a/samsung_galaxy_s2_front1_4.jpg
    [/s/g/sgs2p1.jpg] => /s/g/sgs2p1_4.jpg
    [/s/g/sgs2_11.jpg] => /s/g/sgs2_11_4.jpg
    [/s/g/sgs2-4386.jpg] => /s/g/sgs2-4386_4.jpg
)

I thing array keys are wrong can you please give solution to solve this problem

Answer 1

I had the same problem on 1.7.02. The solution I found was to change Magento’s (IMHO) bugged code.

On Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Attribute_Backend_Media i’ve changed the lines where you find:

        // For duplicating we need copy original images.
        $duplicate = array();
        foreach ($value['images'] as &$image) {
            if (!isset($image['value_id'])) {
                continue;
            }
            $duplicate[$image['value_id']] = $this->_copyImage($image['file']);
            $newImages[$image['file']] = $duplicate[$image['value_id']];
        }

for:

        // For duplicating we need copy original images.
        $duplicate = array();
        foreach ($value['images'] as &$image) {
            if (!isset($image['value_id'])) {
                continue;
            }
            $duplicate[$image['value_id']] = $this->_copyImage($image['file']);
            $newImages[$image['file']] = array();
            $newImages[$image['file']]['new_file'] = $duplicate[$image['value_id']];
            $newImages[$image['file']]['label'] = $image['label'];
        }

It did the trick for me… Images are now being properly duplicated and enabled on new product.