how to display product detail description on product listing page?

Question

I want to show a detailed product description after a short description on the product listing page.

I'm doing this

<?
echo $_product->getDescription();
?>

but nothing shows up.

I also tried this

Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getProductId())->getDescription();

but to no success.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '11 at 07:50

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Try setting product attribute for descrption field "Used in Product Listing" to "YES". That will solve your problem and avoid redundant model load

answered May 17 '11 at 07:50

Sergey

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score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 06 '11 at 12:26

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The correct code is:

<?php

$my_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId());

echo $my_product->getDescription();

?>

edited Nov 06 '11 at 12:26

Bill the Lizard

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answered May 17 '11 at 07:57

Fabrizio D'Ammassa

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tnx for resolving ma issue :) – kharonayee May 17 '11 at 08:07
Can't use this method with additional attribute. – João Costa Dec 11 '16 at 03:20

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 24 '12 at 07:51

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for 1.6.2 it is:

path:

<?php

    $my_product =
        Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_item->getProductId());

    echo $my_product->getDescription();

?>

edited Apr 24 '12 at 07:51

Sergey Glotov

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answered Apr 24 '12 at 07:23

sam

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Works for me with v1.9.2.2. For short description: __echo $my_product->getShortDescription();__ – Sunry Nov 11 '15 at 13:17

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 28 '12 at 15:38

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Try this, I have used this. It's working on magento 1.7

<?php echo $_product->_data['short_description']; ?>

edited Sep 28 '12 at 15:38

Baz

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answered Sep 28 '12 at 15:35

Labeeb Mohammed

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That would be the short description, not the detailed description, though, right? – Will Palmer Sep 29 '12 at 16:40

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 17 '11 at 07:48

$_product->getProductId() is not the function call you want, it is $_product->getId() :)

I advice you to take a look at the template in .../template/catalog/product/view/description.phtml. That template prints the description for the product view page, so you'll want a similar thing on the list page.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 22 '13 at 18:06

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This works in 1.7.0.2

<div class="std"><?php echo $_helper->productAttribute($_product, nl2br($_product->getDescription()), 'short_description') ?></div>

answered May 22 '13 at 18:06

Roberto Bahena

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This only gets the short description – Mark Busnelli Jr Sep 22 '14 at 21:17

how to display product detail description on product listing page?

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