Question

I’ve got the following problem. In an extra module, I want to sort the options of an attribute, based on their position. When I try to get the Option of an Attribute, I can get the Id and the Label, but there is nothing mor ein that object.

I can do, for example, this:

$attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute($code)->getOptionsText($value):

Or just getOptionId($value), but there is nothing to get the Position, which is editable in the backend. So, how to get this? Havn’t found anything (useful) on the net yet.

(Also the similar question magento sort attribute option collection by position? doesnt give any help)

EDIT:
What I managed to do, is doing a direct SQL statement, like this:

SELECT sort_order FROM mag_eav_attribute_option WHERE option_id = 114 AND attribute_id = 533;

But I think, there is a better option to get that value.

Answer 1

I found the answer myself and want to share it with you.

$attribute = Mage::getModel('eav/entity_attribute')->load( $code, 'attribute_code');
$option_col = Mage::getResourceModel( 'eav/entity_attribute_option_collection')
 ->setAttributeFilter( $attribute->getId() )
 ->setStoreFilter()
 ->setPositionOrder( 'ASC' );
$option_col->getSelect()->order('main_table.sort_order '.$orderby);

I hope it helps someone.