Morning Guys and Girls,
Today we will learn how to bring in related product data into the View.phtml or product colum or middle column.
To see a demo of this have a look at this page:
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Ready? Let’s do it!
<?php foreach ($_product->getRelatedProducts() as $related_product) {
if (sizeof($_product->getRelatedProducts())>0):
?>
<?php
$ids[] = $related_product->getId();
echo $relatedproduct->getName(); ?>
That will get you related products. However, I actually extended it quite a bit more, in the sense that my related products are downloadable products, and I needed to get the sample link from these products. The complete code that I used therefor looks like this:
<?php $i = 1; ?>
<?php foreach ($_product->getRelatedProducts() as $related_product) {
if (sizeof($_product->getRelatedProducts())>0):
?>
<?php
$ids[] = $related_product->getId();
//Download product samples code 
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$_myprodsamples = Mage::getModel('downloadable/sample');
$_mySampleCollection = $_myprodsamples->getCollection()->addProductToFilter($related_product->getId());
$relatedproduct = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
$relatedproduct->load($related_product->getId());
if (sizeof($_mySampleCollection)>0):
?>
<?php
foreach ($_mySampleCollection as $_sample) {
//$_samplelink = $this->getUrl('downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/'.$_sample->getId());
$_samplelink = Mage::getModel('downloadable/sample')->load($_sample->getId())->getUrl();
?>
<span><?php echo $i++; ?><?php echo $this->__('. ') ?><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="player1.sendEvent('STOP'); player1.sendEvent('LOAD', {'image':'<?php echo $_product->getImageUrl(); ?>', 'file':'<?php echo $_samplelink ?>', 'provider':'sound', 'buffer':0, 'autostart':true});" title="Click to play <?php echo $relatedproduct->getName(); ?>"><?php echo $relatedproduct->getName(); ?></a></span>
<?php } ?>
<?php /*endforeach;*/ ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php //Mage::Helper('debug')->log($_sample) ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php /*endforeach;*/ ?>
Beer time!
There you have it, if you don’t come right, use the contact form to contact me, and I will set this up for you.
Have a wonderful day!
Winston
