Magento 1.9 Custom Category – Get Custom Attribute Value

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I have created a custom category attribute using this tutorial http://gauss-development.com/blog/tutorials/adding-custom-category-attributes-magento/.

<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();
$attribute  = array(
    'type'          =>  'text',
    'label'         =>  'Extra Title',
    'input'         =>  'text',
    'global'        =>  Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
    'visible'       =>  true,
    'required'      =>  false,
    'user_defined'  =>  true,
    'default'       =>  "",
    'group'         =>  "General Information"
);
$installer->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'cat_extra_title', $attribute);
$installer->endSetup();
?>

I have checked that the attribute is stored in eav_attribute table normally, but I can't get it's value.

$category = Mage::registry('current_category');
if ($category){
   $value = $category->getData('cat_extra_title'); //value is empty
}

Any ideas?

Best Answer

After testing many possible solutions, this was the only one that worked for me:

$cat_extra_title = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId())->getData('cat_extra_title');

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Magento – How to Get All Custom Category Attribute Values

I'm doing it in phtml file like this way

<?php $categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection()->addAttributeToSelect('*'); ?>

<?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
   <?php $categorySku = $category->getCategory_sku(); ?>
   <?php print_r ($categorySku); ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

That way I can populate all my custom category attribute values which is category_sku :).

And this will make it to a select option list.

    <?php $categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection()->addAttributeToSelect('*'); ?>

        <select id="my-id" name="my-name">
            <option value="">Select</option>
            <?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
<?php /*magento fetch data by using get and attibute name like banner_id change to getBannerId*/   ?>
                <?php $categorySku = $category->getCategorySku(); ?>
                <option value="<?php echo $categorySku; ?>"><?php echo $categorySku; ?></option>
            <?php endforeach; ?>
        </select>

Get Custom Attribute in Category – Magento Guide

Your attribute code is whatever when you can this field by $cat->getWhatever(); If this attribute is what_ever the _ (underscore make next letter of capital) thus

$cat->getWhatEver();

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Get Custom Attribute in Category – Magento Guide

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