function test_varation_save_attributes() { // Create a variable product with a color attribute. $product = new WC_Product_Variable(); $attribute = new WC_Product_Attribute(); $attribute->set_id(0); $attribute->set_name('color'); $attribute->set_options(explode(WC_DELIMITER, 'green | red')); $attribute->set_visible(true); $attribute->set_variation(true); $product->set_attributes(array($attribute)); $product->save(); // Create a new variation with the color 'green'. $variation = new WC_Product_Variation(); $variation->set_parent_id($product->get_id()); $variation->set_attributes(array('color' => 'green')); $variation->set_status('private'); $variation->save(); // Now update some value unrelated to attributes. $variation = wc_get_product($variation->get_id()); $variation->set_status('publish'); $variation->save(); // Load up the updated variation and verify that the saved state is correct. $loaded_variation = wc_get_product($variation->get_id()); $this->assertEquals('publish', $loaded_variation->get_status('edit')); $_attribute = $loaded_variation->get_attributes('edit'); $this->assertEquals('green', $_attribute['color']); }