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I want to get all items from the product compare list, but only for a certain visitor. This is what I tried:

$_productCollection = Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getItemCollection();
$test = $_productCollection->addFieldToFilter('visitor_id', 2)->getItems();

This should return nothing, because in my catalog_compare_item table is no row for visitor_id 2. But it returns everything no matter if I use a filter or not. Whats the correct way of doing that?

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    comment out the ->getItems() part and complete your code with: $_productCollection->count(); echo $_productCollection->getSelect()->__toString(); and see what's happening in the SQL query, it might lead you to the solution
    – Julien Lachal
    Apr 30, 2014 at 14:10
  • I debugged and got the SQL. When I run it in my SQL editor, it returns nothing (which is right), but the code still has 1 result (checked with count). What could be the reason?
    – user1638055
    Apr 30, 2014 at 14:19
  • so when you run the SQL by itself, it gives you no result, at all ? and when you echo the $_productCollection->count() it gives you 1? That is some weird stuff. What is you loop through the getItems() ? Is there something out of the ordinary in what it gives you?
    – Julien Lachal
    Apr 30, 2014 at 14:36
  • Yes, exactly, the SQL seems to be right, the code not. Looping through the collection gives me the one product for visitor_id 1, which is not what I expect when I pass 2 to addFieldToFilter. This is my code now: $collection = Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getItemCollection(); $collection->addFieldToFilter('visitor_id', 2); $sql = $collection->getSelect()->__toString(); $count = $collection->count(); foreach($collection as $product) { $id = $product->getId(); // thats the id from the product with visitor_id 1 }
    – user1638055
    Apr 30, 2014 at 14:39
  • I tried using getSize() instead of count() and it returns either 0 or 1, which is correct. But still, the foreach iterates one time, which is wrong.
    – user1638055
    Apr 30, 2014 at 14:58

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Not completely sure what you are wanting to do but the following should work well to loop through the items.

$_productCollection = Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getItemCollection();
foreach ($_productCollection as $product) {
    echo $product->getName();
}

You can note that the Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getItemCollection() will already add a filter for the visitor/customer so you should not have to add this filter.

If you are wanting to loop through another user's items that I would suggest not using this function but simply building your own collection from:

Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_compare_item_collection')
    ->useProductItem(true)
    ->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
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