[WooCommerce Product Manipulation] WooCommerce Product manipulation basics #wordpress #woocommerce

basic-stuff.php

<?php

$product_id  = 202;
$product_sku = 'SIFRA-1245';

/*
This won't work because update_post_meta does not trigger necessary additions to product lookup tables and transients
*/
update_post_meta($product_id, '_sku', $product_sku);

$check_id = wc_get_product_id_by_sku($product_sku);

var_dump($check_id); // Returns 0

/*
Real deal
*/
$product = wc_get_product($product_id);

$product->set_sku($product_sku);
$product->save();

$check_id = wc_get_product_id_by_sku($product_sku);

var_dump($check_id); // Returns 202