Check if a category exists Shopware 6

April 13, 2023

Check if a category existsyour text

I have such code

 $categoryService = $this->container->get('category.repository');
    $newCategory = [
            'name' => 'Profi-Shop',
            'parentId' => null,
            'customFields' => [
        ],
    ];

    $categoryService->create([$newCategory], $context->getContext());

It is executed every time. How to execute it only if there is no such category

>Solution :

You need to check if your category exists prior creating it. If it does, then just skip creation step:

use Shopware\Core\Framework\DataAbstractionLayer\Search\Criteria;
use Shopware\Core\Framework\DataAbstractionLayer\Search\Filter\EqualsFilter;

$categoryService = $this->container->get('category.repository');
$newCategoryName = 'Profi-Shop';

// Search for the category first
$criteria = new Criteria();
$criteria->addFilter(new EqualsFilter('name', $newCategoryName));
$existingCategory = $categoryService->search($criteria, $context->getContext());

// Create it if there's no match found:
if ($existingCategory->getTotal() === 0) {
    $newCategory = [
        'name' => $newCategoryName,
        'parentId' => null,
        'customFields' => [],
    ];

    $categoryService->create([$newCategory], $context->getContext());
}