If I run $product->setDescription($text) with plain text and then save the object, it works as expected.
However, if $text contains HTML, it does not update the record.
Is there something I'm missing?
You can try to use like Magento natively uses like this:
$product->setDescription('Description with <b>html tag</b>');
Check the method like you get the description too.
answered Apr 14 '17 at 0:12
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Okay, that does work, so Magento must not like the markup in the description. I'm migrating over 3,000 products, I hope there's an easy solution to this! – Geat Apr 14 '17 at 0:16
If you want to save the HTML format product description. You need to follow this step.
Go to Magento admin panel -> Catalog -> Attribute -> Manage Attribute
Search "description" attribute_code , click on it.
find the option "Enable WYSIWYG" set it to "Yes" then save.
Now try to set $product->setDescription($text) it will save HTML Data.
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WYSIWYG is indeed enabled, and I can save simple markup. But when I try to import data from an old site, it fails. There must be something in the string that it doesn't like. – Geat Apr 17 '17 at 15:37
I think the problem is not with the source code but with the CSV file format. While saving the CSV file, you have to choose the character set as UTF-8. Then it should be working. I tried and it works for me.
When I added <![CDATA[...]]> to description, magento save this with HTML tags. I use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product to fast save product.
$productResource = $this->_objectManager->create('Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product');
$product->setDescription($string_variable_with_meta_cdata);
$productResource->saveAttribute($product, 'description');
