[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Adding product by custom php and variants issue ## - **[vahid.vdn](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn "View vahid.vdn's Profile")** - [![vahid.vdn's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn "View vahid.vdn's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn) Less More - Posts: 10 - Thank you received: 1 - - 10 years 7 months ago - 10 years 7 months ago [\#233403](#233403) by [vahid.vdn](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn "View vahid.vdn's Profile") *[Adding product by custom php and variants issue](/forum/31-development/883109-adding-product-by-custom-php-and-variants-issue#233403 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.1 I am getting some data from external xml file and adding them to hikashop. Everything is working fine in the front-end. Customer can see variants and works perfect. But in joomla administrator , in variant tab, there is no varient (for editing). Why it shows variants in the site but not showing it in administrator side?? My adding scenario: Imagine the main product has id 1 and parent_id is 0. The other choices has id 2,3 and parent_id 1. In hikashop_variant table: product with id 1 (parent product) has parent characteristic and child characteristic. But child products with id 2 and 3 has only child characteristic. This is what I understood from other products that I inserted from hikashop panel in joomla. But as I mentioned what I insert from my custom panel, works fine in front-end (site) , but doesn't show the variants in joomla administrator. Any idea?")* was created by *[vahid.vdn](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn "View vahid.vdn's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.1 I am getting some data from external xml file and adding them to hikashop. Everything is working fine in the front-end. Customer can see variants and works perfect. But in joomla administrator , in variant tab, there is no varient (for editing). Why it shows variants in the site but not showing it in administrator side?? **My adding scenario:** Imagine the main product has id 1 and parent_id is 0. The other choices has id 2,3 and parent_id 1. In hikashop_variant table: product with id 1 (parent product) has parent characteristic and child characteristic. But child products with id 2 and 3 has only child characteristic. This is what I understood from other products that I inserted from hikashop panel in joomla. But as I mentioned what I insert from my custom panel, works fine in front-end (site) , but doesn't show the variants in joomla administrator. Any idea? Last edit: 10 years 7 months ago by [vahid.vdn](/forum/user/38805-vahid-vdn "View vahid.vdn's Profile"). 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Everything is working fine in the front-end. Customer can see variants and works perfect. But in joomla administrator , in variant tab, there is no varient (for editing). Why it shows variants in the site but not showing it in administrator side?? My adding scenario: Imagine the main product has id 1 and parent_id is 0. The other choices has id 2,3 and parent_id 1. In hikashop_variant table: product with id 1 (parent product) has parent characteristic and child characteristic. But child products with id 2 and 3 has only child characteristic. This is what I understood from other products that I inserted from hikashop panel in joomla. But as I mentioned what I insert from my custom panel, works fine in front-end (site) , but doesn't show the variants in joomla administrator. Any idea?")* I found the answer! :lol: I turned on **Debug System** from administrator and saw the queries in hikashop panel. I found out that there is a query that just selecting by **product\_type** column. 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