Just a quick and dirty script, but this should be what you are looking for…
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
/*
* Boostrap Magento
*/
$mageFilename="../app/Mage.php";
require_once $mageFilename;
Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);
umask(0);
$mageRunCode="";
$mageRunType="store";
Mage::init($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);
/*
* Set up required data
*/
$newManufacturers = file('manufacturers.txt', FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES | FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
$newManufacturers = array_unique($newManufacturers);
$attribute = Mage::getModel('eav/entity_attribute')
->loadByCode('catalog_product', 'manufacturer');
$valuesCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_option_collection')
->setAttributeFilter($attribute->getData('attribute_id'))
->setStoreFilter(0, false)
->getColumnValues('value');
$installer = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
/*
* Add new attributes
*/
$addedManufacturers = array();
$skippedManufacturers = array();
$i = count($valuesCollection);
foreach($newManufacturers as $manufacturer) {
// If the value already exists then skip to next
if (in_array($manufacturer, $valuesCollection)) {
$skippedManufacturers[] = $manufacturer;
continue;
}
//If we have reached here then lets add the new attribute option
$newOption = array();
$newOption['attribute_id'] = $attribute->getData('attribute_id');
$newOption['value']['option_'.++$i][0] = $manufacturer;
$installer->addAttributeOption($newOption);
$optionValue = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_option_collection')
->setAttributeFilter($attribute->getId())
->setStoreFilter(0, false)
->addFilter('value_id', $installer->getConnection()->lastInsertId())
->getColumnValues('option_id');
$addedManufacturers[] = $optionValue[0];
}
if (count($addedManufacturers)) {
echo "<h2>Manufacturers Added</h2><ul>";
foreach($addedManufacturers as $added) {
echo "<li>" . $added . "</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
if (count($skippedManufacturers)) {
echo "<h2>Manufacturers Skipped</h2><ul>";
foreach($skippedManufacturers as $skipped) {
echo "<li>" . $skipped . "</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
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solved Magento Programming: Importing manufacturers while checking for existing duplicates and get manu. ID