Run a script outside the Magento folder

This article was written for Magento 1.x and is kept for reference. Running Magento 1 in 2026 is a security risk — ask me about migrating to Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.

Bootstrap Mage.php from an external script to batch-update product images and data.

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Vikram · MagentoWorks

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