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Short description
Virtual products skip shipping. Downloadable products grant file access via order permissions.
Set flags
$product->set_virtual(true);
$product->set_downloadable(true);
$product->set_downloads([
['name' => 'PDF', 'file' => 'https://example.com/file.pdf'],
]);