How to hide a product only in cart

Question

I need to hide related products from cart page.

I have created a module which converts selected related products name as custom options dynamically. When I add a product to cart after selecting its related products, I need to hide related products and show them just as product options for the main product.

I have added the code which creates custom options or "additional options" dynamically when a product is added to cart. I just need to hide the related products.

I don't want to hide the product throughout the site but just in cart. Is it possible to hide a product in cart dynamically?

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

In your local.xml or page.xml file you can get the Cart page handle and UNSET and not REMOVE the related products block. Below code might prove helpful to you.

<checkout_cart_index translate="label">
<reference name="right">
    <action method="unsetChild"><name>catalog.product.related</name></action>
</reference>
</checkout_cart_index>

Answer 2

In local.xml or checkout.xml

<checkout_cart_index translate="label">
   <remove name="catalog.product.related"/>
</checkout_cart_index>

After this refresh your cache.

This is another solution.