I have a quite unique problem.
I have a shop where there are multiple categories in a setup like this
Collection
.... Shorts (products: small 16 - RED and small 20 - BLUE)
.... Dress (products: blue: 16 , Green 19)
If I open Collection in the shop I get the items like this
Blue 16
Green 19
small 16 - RED
small 20 - BLUE
I want my output to be like this:
small 16 - RED
small 20 - BLUE
Blue 16
Green 19
How can i get this results? I'm sorry i haven't provided any code, as i have no idea how i should achieve this
1 create observer on catalog_block_product_list_collection event
<events>
<catalog_block_product_list_collection>
<observers>
<namespace_module>
<class> namespace_module/observer</class>
<method>collectionList</method>
</namespace_module >
</observers>
</catalog_block_product_list_collection>
</events>
2 create class Namespace_Module_Model_Observer
class Namespace_Module_Model_Observer
{
public function collectionList($observer)
{
/** @var Mage_Catalog_Model_Category $currentCategory */
$currentCategory = Mage::registry('current_category');
$children = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/category')->getChildrenIds($currentCategory);
if (!$children) {
return $this;
}
$children = implode(',', $children);
/** @var Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Product_Collection $collection */
$collection = $observer->getCollection();
$attr = $this->_getAttribute('name');
$collection->getSelect()
->join(
array('c' => $this->_getResource()->getTableName('catalog_category_product')),
"c.product_id = e.entity_id AND c.category_id IN ($children)",
array('child_category_id' => 'category_id')
)
->join(
array('ac' => $this->_getResource()->getTableName('catalog_category_entity_' . $attr['backend_type'])),
"c.category_id = ac.entity_id AND ac.attribute_id = {$attr['attribute_id']}",
array('child_category_name' => 'value')
)
->order('child_category_name DESC');
return $this;
}
protected function _getAttribute($attributeCode, $static = true, $entityTypeId = 3)
{
$readAdapter = $this->_getReadAdapter();
$select = $readAdapter->select()
->from($this->_getResource()->getTableName('eav/attribute'))
->reset(Zend_Db_Select::COLUMNS)
->columns(array('attribute_id', 'backend_type'))
->where('entity_type_id = ?', $entityTypeId)
->where('attribute_code = ?', $attributeCode)
->limit(1);
if (!$static) {
$select->where('backend_type != ?', 'static');
}
$entityId = $readAdapter->query($select)->fetch();
return $entityId;
}
protected function _getResource()
{
return Mage::getSingleton('core/resource');
}
protected function _getReadAdapter()
{
return $this->_getResource()->getConnection('core_read');
}
}
here we set collection sort by child category name, you can change it to category id or add to collection any category attribute and sort by this attribute
->order('child_category_name DESC');
this is just sample how quickly sort product collection by child categories, of course you can add option in toolbar and sort collection dynamically