You can use this code to retrieve any attribute of a Magento category:
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$attributeValue = $category->getData('attribute_code'); |
Getting child categories with flat categories enabled (Magento 1)
If you enable the flat categories in your Magento store, some code that gets children of a given category might stop working. The following code can be used to get all the cildren of a given category with enabled flat…
Loading child categories with flat categories enabled (Magento 1)
If flat categories are enabled in your Magento store, you need to load the child categories of a given category differently. The following code shows how:
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$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($id); $childCategories = $category ->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'image', 'description')) ->addIdFilter($category->getChildren()); |
Getting the value of a category attribute (Magento 1)
Use this code to retrieve the value (rather than the ID) of a category attribute: $value = $currentCategory->getResource()->getAttribute(‘attribute_identifier’)->getFrontend()->getValue($currentCategory);
Getting products from a category (Magento 1)
The following code returns all products from within a certain category in a collection.
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// category id = 5 // addAttributeToSelect is optional $products = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(5)->getProductCollection()->addAttributeToSelect('*'); |
Getting the parent category of a category (Magento 1)
Use the following code to get a Magento categories parent category.
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Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getParentCategory(); |
Getting the name of the current category (Magento 1)
While being on the Magento category page, it might be useful to display the category name. Use the following code to do so.
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Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getName(); |
Getting a category URL using the category id (Magento 1)
To get a categories URL by category id, use the following code:
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$categoryId = 55; $url = Mage::getModel("catalog/category")->load($categoryId)->getUrl(); |