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I've a requirement to show attribute labels in URL to filter products. I'm able to generate Url with attribute labels. Now all I've to do is convert attribute label to attribute id/value (ex: 1,2), so that code behind the scene works as it is (based on attribute value/id).

Within apply() function of app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Layer/Filter/Attribute.php I'm getting attribute label in $filter = $request->getParam($this->_requestVar); (ex: Blue).

How I can convert this attribute label to attribute id (say for green it's 2), so that I can pass it to $this->_getResource()->applyFilterToCollection($this, $filter); and backend functionality will work as it is? I've tried $filter->getId(), $filter->getValue() but it doesn't work.

Is it possible to get attribute value/id from attribute label?

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Get attribute value/id from attribute text/label:

$attr = 'your_attribute';
$_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
$attr = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute($attr);
if ($attr->usesSource()) {
    echo $color_id = $attr->getSource()->getOptionId("Purple");
}
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  • This will get the ID of the attribute by it's code, not the ID of the attribute option by it's label :)
    – Sander Mangel
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 8:29
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    Check my updated code
    – Manashvi Birla
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 8:38
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    Nice, very few lines of code
    – Sander Mangel
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 9:16
  • @Manashvibirla: How I can make $attr = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute("color"); dynamic? Sometimes I will sent attribute labels from Color section, sometimes from Manufacturer, etc.
    – amitshree
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 9:44
  • check updated ans
    – Manashvi Birla
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 10:02
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There's not really a simple method to call that does that but this should do the trick

$attribute = Mage::getModel('eav/entity_attribute')->loadByCode(Mage_Catalog_Model_Product::ENTITY, 'color');

$values = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_option_collection')
    ->setAttributeFilter($attribute->getId())
    ->addFieldToFilter('tsv.value', 'Bleu')
    ->setStoreFilter(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId(), false)
    ->addFieldToSelect('option_id');
$values->getSelect()->limit(1);

var_dump($values->getFirstItem()->getId());

Note that the value has to be exactly the same as the label, so including capital letters etc.

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Get attribute option value 

 getOptionvalue('your attribute code like color','your attribute label like blue');

    function getOptionvalue($arg_attribute, $arg_value) 
        {
            $attribute = Mage::getModel('eav/config')->getAttribute('catalog_product', $arg_attribute);

            foreach ( $attribute->getSource()->getAllOptions(true, true) as $option )
            {

                if($arg_value == $option['label'])
                {

                    unset($attribute);
                    return $option['value'] ; 
                }
            }
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  • Is it possible to get $arg_attribute dynamically there because $arg_value will be changing( ex: sometimes it will come form color section, sometimes from Manufacturer).
    – amitshree
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 10:05
  • Yes, call function getOptionvalue('color',blue); or getOptionvalue('manufacture','some value');
    – Mufaddal
    Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 10:06
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    Looping through all options is not a good idea - especially if you have a lot of them.
    – Simon
    Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 10:52

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