[Free Module] Export Categories To Csv

[Daresh 522]

As we all know, the default category export in Prestashop is far from useful, as it exports only the current visible category table, not the whole tree.

 

This module allows you to export all categories to a CSV file.

gmexport.zip

 

(for PS 1.6, first release so please test and give feedback)

Edited January 1, 2020 by Daresh (see edit history)

[2BC 3]

Works very good with 1.6.1.4. 

Thank you.  

[Perla2018 11]

very good with 1.6.1.4.

Thank you

[Lone Star 0]

Hi! 

Thanks a lot for this module, but it does not work for me.

 

When trying to import the categories/subcategories into an empty Prestashop installation I get this error.

 

"The category ID cannot be the same as the Root category ID or the Home category ID."

 

Anybody knows what the issue might be here?

 

Regards!

[Daresh 522]

The module exports all your categories, so the Home category will also get exported, just delete this one row from the file and it should work.

[Lone Star 0]

Hi Daresh!

 

Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately when deleting the first line this error message comes up instead when trying to import the file:

 

[PrestaShopException]

Parent category does not exist
at line 397 in file classes/Category.php

392. return 0;
393. }
394.
395. $parent_category = new Category((int)$this->id_parent);
396. if (!Validate::isLoadedObject($parent_category)) {
397. throw new PrestaShopException('Parent category does not exist');
398. }
399. return $parent_category->level_depth + 1;
400. }
401.
402. /**

 

Any ideas of what the issue might be now? 
 

Regards!

[Daresh 522]

It tells you exactly what is wrong: Parent category does not exist

[garciasanchezdani 22]

Awesome module! It worked fine. Thanks @Daresh

[stefanom62 1]

It worked like a charm, thank you!

[Daresh 522]

Can export product info of the selected categories ?

 

What product info would you like to have exported?

[Lausli 72]

From here

https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/566670-how-i-can-export-all-categories-and-import-them-vrom-1619-to-1619/

 

Thak you, it works but i cant import it. Becaus i get 69 Errors like this:

69 Fehler 
Die ID der Kategorie kann nicht die gleiche sein wie die ID der Root-Kategorie, bzw. die ID der Home-Kategorie.
Kleidung & Accessoires (ID: 15) kann nicht gespeichert werden
Damenmode (ID: 16) kann nicht gespeichert werden
Leggings (ID: 65) kann nicht gespeichert werden
Dessous/Unterwäsche (ID: 17) kann nicht gespeichert werden
Slips,Strings & Pants (ID: 79) kann nicht gespeichert werden
[...]

I installed a freash new prestashop Installation but i cant import the export. Di you have a solution ?

[Daresh 522]

Maybe the home category has a different ID. You need to take a look at the exported file and check if parent ID is OK everywhere.

[Lausli 72]

ah, i have to skip the first two lines. Now it works! 

 

Great Work!

Edited November 9, 2016 by Lausli (see edit history)

[pause4paws 18]

Greetings, Daresh,

 

Can I have html head tags in category descriptions in categories.csv?

 

I want to add head tags, bold, italics, etc.

 

Does this need a new forum question?

 

Thanks!

Edited November 13, 2016 by pause4paws (see edit history)

[Daresh 522]

Maybe it needs, cause I don't quite understand what do you need.

[pause4paws 18]

In my csv for categories, in the description field, I want to add H1, H2, etc tags. This was a question about importing and I was told by TemplateMonster to just add the html to the description, so I did and it works. When I reach the point where I need to export the categories, I'll try your solution, Daresh. Thank you.

Edited November 26, 2016 by pause4paws (see edit history)

[phll 7]

Works perfectly!
(would love the same easy way to import the same file!  

Thank you!

PrestaShop version: 1.6.1.7      
PHP version: 7.0.13     
shop with SSL
 

[jsteele 2]

would love a way to link the images.

[tarek.fellah 10]

Thanks for the module, but following the prestashop categories import file, there's some informations missing like meta description, meta title, meta keyword, url rewrite, category image, root category (0/1)

[bynovita 9]

1.7.0.4 update

[JensT 0]

Tried it on PS version 1.6.1.4: blank page after upload. 

[szilaszlo 1]

Tried it on PS version 1.6.1.4: blank page after upload. 

 

I uploaded it and just nothing showed up in the modules list, the search didn't found.

V 1.6.1.4.

 

Thanks for any help!

[Daresh 522]

This module is so extremely simple that I can't think of anything that can cause a blank page there. Any error when turning on the debug mode?

[JensT 0]

After upload, there is no module in my list. Disabled/enabled modules, doesn't matter where I search, there is no module GM export.

[Daresh 522]

And no message with debug turned on? I know that the module is not yet installed, but it's the only thinkg that comes to my mind to debug this.

[JensT 0]

Hi Daresh, probably has something to do with the write permissions, my bad. I check, install the module and I will let you know!

[petr@petrpanek.cz 1]

This is adjusted version of this script that will display on the screen the category tree with IDs.

It will display as table with format:

<ID>   Category

<ID>   -SubCategory 

<ID>   --SubSubCategory

etc.

<?php
require_once('../config/config.inc.php');

    $ids = array();
//idLang is set to 1 directly in the script
//idShop is set to 1 directly in the script
    $iso = Language::getIsoById($idLang);
    $row = array('id', 'name', 'parent', 'description');
    generateCategoryCsvList();


echo '<table>';
foreach ($csvRow as $row){
    if ($row["id"] != 2){
        echo '<tr>';
            echo '<td>'.$row["id"].'</td>';
            echo '<td>'.$row["name"].'</td>';
        echo '</tr>';
    }
}
echo '</table>';



function generateCategoryCsvList($parent = 0)
{
    global $ids;
    global $csvRow;
    $idLang = 1;
    $idShop = 1;
    if ($parent == 0) {
        $results = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS("SELECT c.id_parent, c.id_category, CONCAT ( REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(level_depth,1,''),2,''),3,'-'),4,'--'),5,'---'),6,'----'),cl.name) as name, cl.description, cl.link_rewrite,cs.position ,level_depth
					FROM "._DB_PREFIX_."category c
					LEFT JOIN "._DB_PREFIX_."category_lang cl ON (c.id_category = cl.id_category AND id_lang = 1)
					LEFT JOIN "._DB_PREFIX_."category_group cg ON (cg.`id_category` = c.id_category)
					LEFT JOIN `"._DB_PREFIX_."category_shop` cs ON (c.`id_category` = cs.`id_category` )
					WHERE c.id_category <> '1'
                    AND cs.id_shop = 1
					GROUP BY c.id_category
					ORDER BY c.`id_parent` ASC, level_depth ASC");
        foreach ($results as $row) {
            if (!in_array($row['id_category'], $ids)) {
                $csvRow[] = ['id' => $row['id_category'], 'name' => $row['name']];
                array_push($ids, $row['id_category']);
                generateCategoryCsvList($row['id_category']);
            }
        }
    } else {
        $results = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS("SELECT c.id_parent, c.id_category, CONCAT ( REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(level_depth,1,''),2,''),3,'-'),4,'--'),5,'---'),6,'----'),cl.name) as name, cl.description, cl.link_rewrite,cs.position ,level_depth
					FROM "._DB_PREFIX_."category c
					LEFT JOIN "._DB_PREFIX_."category_lang cl ON (c.id_category = cl.id_category AND id_lang = 1)
					LEFT JOIN "._DB_PREFIX_."category_group cg ON (cg.`id_category` = c.id_category)
					LEFT JOIN `"._DB_PREFIX_."category_shop` cs ON (c.`id_category` = cs.`id_category` )
					WHERE c.id_category <> '1'
					AND c.id_parent = '".$parent."'
                    AND cs.id_shop = 1
					GROUP BY c.id_category
					ORDER BY cs.position ASC, c.`id_parent` ASC, level_depth ASC");
        if (!empty($results) > 0) {
            foreach ($results as $row) {
                if (!in_array($row['id_category'], $ids)) {
                    $csvRow[] = ['id' => $row['id_category'], 'name' => $row['name']];
                    array_push($ids, $row['id_category']);
                    generateCategoryCsvList($row['id_category']);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Edited February 28, 2017 by petr@petrpanek.cz (see edit history)

[iqbal2403 1]

Works perfect.. thank you!

[bibi c 0]

Hi

Do you have a simple module to import products. i just cant get my CVS to workl

[FCWC 0]

bibi -  assume v 1.7+ with built in import.
Make sure CTV is UTF 8 (which is NOT default on either Open Office or MS Office) and also use ; as delimiter.  I tried , and tab etc but it failed for unknown reasons.

On regards to this module - just tried on 1.7.2.2 with the above config.php and it installs.  Goes to Configure BUT returns blank page when you attempt to use.

A bit astonished that EXPORT isn't part of the default.
Didnt use to be?
 

Will just use SQL to export for now.

[Ameenullah 1]

Also is there any solution to copy the sub categories also? especially for prestashop 1.7.2.2

[Michel_1911 4]

Is there also a solution already for version 1.7.2.4

 

 

[spc 2]

Hello, is they a  way of modify this to work with orders with specifik order status.

[Taco 0]

1.7.2 funziona senza alcun problema!
Grazie

[Tobiasz 3]

Still works like a charm in 1.6.1.18. Thank you.

[onl9m8 0]

ps 1.7.3.1

it works without any problem!
Thank you

[gerryg 0]

Hi Daresh, I have ps 1.7.3.1.

I installed the module on my localhost and on the server; worked perfect on my localhost, however is giving me an error on the server . . . any ideas how to solve this issue?

Thank you, Gerry

[loboslm 0]

Will it work for 1.4 versions?

[Michel_1911 4]

I was able to export all categories and subcategories using the SQL manager in prestashop. (version 1.6).

The code I used is:

 

SELECT
a.`id_category`, `active`, `name`, `link_rewrite`, a.`id_parent`, a.`is_root_category`, `description`, `meta_title`, `meta_description`, a.`id_shop_default`
FROM `ps_category` a
LEFT JOIN `ps_category_lang` b ON (b.`id_category` = a.`id_category`)
LEFT JOIN `ps_category_shop` sa ON (a.`id_category` = sa.`id_category`)  
WHERE 1

ORDER BY a.`id_category` ASC

 

 

[Belena 2]

This module runs on 1.7.5.1

Edited February 26, 2019 by Belena (see edit history)

[airiscreative 0]

To EXPORT Categories in the ORIGINAL format like the sample file given by Prestashop, and ready to IMPORT at the moment the ONLY SOLUTION I found is:

Go tho the PHPmyAdmin of your database and make this query:

select
cl.id_category as "ID",
c.active as "Active (0/1)",
cl.name as "Name",
cl2.name as "Parent Category",
c.is_root_category as "Root category (0/1)",
cl.description as "Description",
cl.meta_title as "Meta title",
cl.meta_keywords as "Meta keywords",
cl.meta_description as "Meta description",
cl.link_rewrite as "URL rewritten",
concat('http://', ifnull(conf.value,'example.com'), '/img/c/', c.id_category, '.jpg') as "Image URL"
from ps_category c
inner join ps_category_lang cl on cl.id_category = c.id_category
inner join ps_category_lang cl2 on cl2.id_category = c.id_parent and cl2.id_lang = cl.id_lang
left join ps_configuration conf on conf.name = 'PS_SHOP_DOMAIN'
WHERE 1 AND cl.id_lang = 1
order by cl.id_lang, c.level_depth

(the language you want to export is defined at penultimate line as a number, usually 1 is your primary language)

Enjoy!

 

[cafe21 3]

That is great thank you
My sql knowledge is very limited and I need lower levels, the subs below a specific category e.g.

root> home> cat id 3 list multiple

Can you help with that please?

[madpugger 1]

On 4/12/2019 at 12:06 PM, airiscreative said:

To EXPORT Categories in the ORIGINAL format like the sample file given by Prestashop, and ready to IMPORT at the moment the ONLY SOLUTION I found is:

Go tho the PHPmyAdmin of your database and make this query:

select
cl.id_category as "ID",
c.active as "Active (0/1)",
cl.name as "Name",
cl2.name as "Parent Category",
c.is_root_category as "Root category (0/1)",
cl.description as "Description",
cl.meta_title as "Meta title",
cl.meta_keywords as "Meta keywords",
cl.meta_description as "Meta description",
cl.link_rewrite as "URL rewritten",
concat('http://', ifnull(conf.value,'example.com'), '/img/c/', c.id_category, '.jpg') as "Image URL"
from ps_category c
inner join ps_category_lang cl on cl.id_category = c.id_category
inner join ps_category_lang cl2 on cl2.id_category = c.id_parent and cl2.id_lang = cl.id_lang
left join ps_configuration conf on conf.name = 'PS_SHOP_DOMAIN'
WHERE 1 AND cl.id_lang = 1
order by cl.id_lang, c.level_depth

(the language you want to export is defined at penultimate line as a number, usually 1 is your primary language)

Enjoy!

 

Thanks for this! The only thing is, it doesn't export the description or Meta data from category_lang? How do we do this?

 

Thanks

[Daresh 522]

I just updated the main post with a module that should export these fields.

[madpugger 1]

Can someone tell me how to amend this query to export products as per the Prestashop Import sheet? (also maybe combos)!

 

TIA

[luzdubos 0]

module installed on prestashop 1.7.6.3
works great

Edited February 19, 2020 by luzdubos (see edit history)

[Toni-mcp 0]

On 10/3/2016 at 21:10, Daresh said:

Como todos sabemos, la exportación de categoría predeterminada en Prestashop está lejos de ser útil, ya que exporta solo la tabla de categoría visible actual, no todo el árbol.

 

Este módulo le permite exportar todas las categorías a un archivo CSV.

gmexport.zip 28.73 kB · 279 descargas

 

(para PS 1.6, primer lanzamiento, así que por favor pruebe y envíe sus comentarios)

hola gracias por la info, pero en mi caso utilizo prestashop 1.7.6.3 y la exportación no me funciona, que puedo hacer? muchas gracias!!

[Saky0333 0]

Gracias por el modulo, me has salvado, en prestashop 1.7.7.0 funciona correctamente

 

Thanks for the module, you save me, in prestashop 1.7.7.0 works correctly

[Prmundo44 0]

On 2/12/2021 at 9:47 PM, Saky0333 said:

Gracias por el módulo. salvando que no saca bien los acentos... En la versión 1.7.7.1 funciona correcto y me saca el árbol que es lo que necesito.

 

[Sebastvd 0]

Thanks for the module, in prestashop 1.7.7.3 it's works correctly.

Do you have something the same for the products. 

I can export it with the standard prestashop but is will not let me see the combinations