Check if a catalog pricerule is active

Question

How do i programmatically check if a catalog pricerule is active or not?

I have tried loading collection like this, where 13 is ID of the catalog rule:

$catalog_rule = Mage::getModel('catalogrule/rule')->load(13); 

And then use

if (!empty($catalog_rule)) {
    echo 'foo';
}

This always returns true nomatter if rule is active or not.

How do i check if catalog price rule is not empty and is active?

Answer 1

Take a look at /app/code/core/Mage/CatalogRule/Model/Rule.php

* @method int getIsActive()

Try

$catalog_rule = Mage::getModel('catalogrule/rule')->load(13);

if ($catalog_rule->getIsActive()) {
    echo 'foo';
}