Programmatically create new category in magento - magento

Question

I just want to create new category programmatically in magento. I have a code and tried this but can't success.
code is here:
<?php
$parentId = '2';
$category = new Mage_Catalog_Model_Category();
$category->setName('check');
$category->setUrlKey('new-category');
$category->setIsActive(1);
$category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS');
$category->setIsAnchor(0);
$parentCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($parentId);
$category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());
$category->save();
unset($category);
?>
actually the problem with this code whenever I tried it than it create new category but can't set is_active yes in admin.

Answer 1

Please set Store id for that category. To code out side magento page, use codes below:
try{
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category');
$category->setName('check');
$category->setUrlKey('new-category');
$category->setIsActive(1);
$category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS');
$category->setIsAnchor(1); //for active achor
$category->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
$parentCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($parentId);
$category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());
$category->save();
} catch(Exception $e) {
var_dump($e);
}

Answer 2

Please refer my tutorial which explains how to create the category and subcategories pro-grammatically.
function addManufacturers( $manufacturers ) {
Mage::register('isSecureArea', 1);
$parentId = '2';
$list = array();
foreach ($manufacturers as $key => $manufacturer) {
try {
$enabled = 1;
if ($key == 0) {
$parentId = '2';
}
else {
$parentId = $list[0];
}
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category');
$category->setName($manufacturer);
$category->setMetaTitle($manufacturer);
$category->setIncludeInMenu(1);
$category->setUrlKey(strtolower($manufacturer));
$category->setDescription(strip_tags($manufacturer));
$category->setMetaDescription($manufacturer);
$category->setMetaKeywords($manufacturer);
$category->setIsActive($enabled);
$category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS');
$category->setIsAnchor(1); //for active anchor
$category->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
$parentCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($parentId);
$category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());
$category->setCustomUseParentSettings(true);
$category->save();
$list[$key] = $category->getId();
echo 'Category ' . $category->getName() . ' ' . $category->getId() . ' imported successfully' . PHP_EOL;
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Something failed for category ' . $manufacturer . PHP_EOL;
print_r($e);
}
}
return $list;
}
http://www.pearlbells.co.uk/how-to-create-new-categories-and-assigned-products-to-category-programmatically-magento/