[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # inherit product image of category if image missing ## - **[Ortix](/forum/user/12608-ortix "View Ortix's Profile")** - [![Ortix's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/12608-ortix "View Ortix's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/12608-ortix) Less More - Posts: 73 - Thank you received: 1 - - 12 years 9 months ago [\#139099](#139099) by [Ortix](/forum/user/12608-ortix "View Ortix's Profile") *[inherit product image of category if image missing](/forum/26-product-category-display/864872-inherit-product-image-of-category-if-image-missing#139099 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : exo-l.com/webshop -- HikaShop version -- : 1.6 -- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.13 I was wondering whether it's possible for hikashop 1.6 to inherit the product image of its parent category if there is an image missing? I have system which programatically creates products (so they're not created within hikashop but with a script) and are added to the correct category. However, I want all the products in that category to have the same image in case their image is missing. Is that something that hikashop has built in or do i have to add a ref_id manually in the files table to the corresponding product?")* was created by *[Ortix](/forum/user/12608-ortix "View Ortix's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- : [ exo-l.com/webshop](http://exo-l.com/webshop) -- HikaShop version -- : 1.6 -- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.3.13 I was wondering whether it's possible for hikashop 1.6 to inherit the product image of its parent category if there is an image missing? I have system which programatically creates products (so they're not created within hikashop but with a script) and are added to the correct category. However, I want all the products in that category to have the same image in case their image is missing. Is that something that hikashop has built in or do i have to add a ref_id manually in the files table to the corresponding product? 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I have system which programatically creates products (so they're not created within hikashop but with a script) and are added to the correct category. However, I want all the products in that category to have the same image in case their image is missing. Is that something that hikashop has built in or do i have to add a ref_id manually in the files table to the corresponding product?")* Hi, Firstly, I think that you should probably be to download the last Hikashop version through our website, install it, and test it again ? Also, note that regarding your issue, the solution will probably be to directly add your product images by using a CSV import for example, or to edit the code of hikashop but some development skill will be required. 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I have system which programatically creates products (so they're not created within hikashop but with a script) and are added to the correct category. However, I want all the products in that category to have the same image in case their image is missing. Is that something that hikashop has built in or do i have to add a ref_id manually in the files table to the corresponding product?")* Yeah i'm a developer, so that's not an issue. Upgrading will be done later on, so that's not an option as of now. Products are created with php (they depend on certain variables). 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I have system which programatically creates products (so they're not created within hikashop but with a script) and are added to the correct category. However, I want all the products in that category to have the same image in case their image is missing. Is that something that hikashop has built in or do i have to add a ref_id manually in the files table to the corresponding product?")* So yes, you need to add an entry in the files table for each product with the id of the product in the file_ref_id so that the images are added automatically to the products when you add them. Or you could also add custom code in the listing/show files of the product view to dynamically load the images of the categories of the products. But that's a bit more complex to do. 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