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[benlind]

How can I list custom product attributes in my minicart? I currently have this code that lists the minicart products:

  <ul IF="hasItems()">
    <li FOREACH="getItemsList(),item">
      <span class="item-thumbnail">
        <a href="{item.getURL()}" IF="item.hasImage()">
          <widget class="\XLite\View\Image" image="{item.getImage()}" alt="{item.getName()}" maxWidth="40" maxHeight="40" centerImage="0" />
        </a>
      </span>

      <span class="item-attributes">
      </span>

      <list name="minicart.horizontal.item" item="{item}" />
    </li>
  </ul>

I cannot figure out how to list the item's attributes. I have tried the following lines unsuccessfully:

        <ul>
          <li FOREACH="item.getAttributeValuesIds(),ak,av">
            Key: '{ak}' value: '{av}'
          </li>
        </ul>
        {foreach:item.getAttributeValuesIds(),key,value}
          These are values from item.getAttributeValuesIds() function. key: {key} and value: {value}
        {end:}
        {foreach:item.getAttributeValuesIds(),value}
          These are values from item.getAttributeValuesIds() function. value: {value}
        {end:}
        {item.getAttributeValuesIds()}
        {item.getAttributeValuesPlain()}
        {item.getAttributeValuesAsString()}

Both {item.getAttributeValuesIds()} and {item.getAttributeValuesPlain()} print "Array" to the page. I know that the products in my cart have attributes. How can I list them?

Thanks.

[seyfin]

Actually, X-Cart already displays so-called "multi-value" product attributes in the minicart (those attributes that need to be chosen by the customer when adding the product to cart) - please see screen shot attached.

However, if you need something else, please clarify in details what are you trying to implemented, and provide your X-Cart store URL.

Thank you.

[benlind]

Seyfin,

I don't mean those types of multi-value attributes. I mean the attributes you can edit on the product edit page under "Attributes." For example, if I add a brand or a product number to my product, I'd like to be able to get those attributes (by key) in the minicart. I've attached a screenshot of what type of attributes I'm talking about.

Thanks for the help!

[qualiteam]

You should iterate over the array returned by getAttributeValues() method and use the getActualValue() and getActualName() methods to get attribute names and values.

[benlind]

That method, iterating over getAttributeValues(), is not what I need. That lists the product-specific attributes. What I want are the global attributes that are applied to the product.

I have a global field named "Part Number" that I want to have on each product, and I need to be able to programmatically retrieve it.

[qualiteam]

getAttributeValues() should return all attributes, including global attributes as well.

Each attribute should have getAttribute() method that returns \XLite\Model\Attribute model that you can check if it is a global attribute, or a per-class attribute (getProductClass() method), or a product-specific one (getProduct() method).

[benlind]

I have still not been able to figure out how to list product attributes in the minicart.

I have expanded my experimentation to include this code:

PHP Code:

getAttributeValues:
<span FOREACH="item.getAttributeValues(),a">
  Key: '{a.getName()}'
  value: '{a.getAttributeValue()}'
  Key: '{a.getActualValue()}' value: '{a.getActualName()}'
</span>

getAttributesList:
<li FOREACH="item.getAttributesList(),a">
  Key: '{a.getName()}'
  value: '{a.getAttributeValue()}'
  Key: '{a.getActualValue()}' value: '{a.getActualName()}'
</li>

Values:
<ul>
  <li FOREACH="item.getAttributeValues(),val">
    Key: '{val.getActualValue()}' value: '{val.getActualName()}'
  </li>
</ul>
ValuesIds:
<ul>
  <li FOREACH="item.getAttributeValuesIds(),ak,av">
    Key: '{ak}' value: '{av}'
  </li>
</ul>
{foreach:item.getAttributeValuesIds(),key,value}
  These are values from item.getAttributeValuesIds() function. key: {key} and value: {value}
{end:}
{foreach:item.getAttributeValuesIds(),value}
  These are values from item.getAttributeValuesIds() function. value: {value}
{end:}
{item.getAttributeValuesIds()}
{item.getAttributeValuesPlain()}
{item.getAttributeValuesAsString()}
<widget class="\XLite\View\Product\AttributeValues" orderItem="{item}" /> 


However, NO attributes are being printed (global, class, or product-specific). I can call things like {item.getName()} and {item.getURL()}, and they return correct values.

Help?

[qualiteam]

I'm not sure why it doesn't print attributes.

As far as I see your template iterates over items returned by \XLite\View\Minicart::getItemsList().
This method returns an array of \XLite\Model\OrderItem object, so you should be able to call any of its methods on "item" in your template.
I see the getAttributeValues() and getAttributeValuesIds() methods in that class, but not getAttributesList().

Perhaps you should debug what these methods return to find out why it is empty for you.