Comments on: Removing the Compare function in Magento, the easy way

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:29:45 +0000

Hi again from Vienna,

like it a lot!
but one more question:
In the category list, the space where the link for add to compare list was remains there – just like an placeholder. With Firebug I could not find a hint where this comes from.
any idea?

Thank you
Tom

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:50:18 +0000

Free extension to remove comparison feature:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/niro/extension/6455/et_advancedcompare

By: tom

tom — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:55:07 +0000

Very usefull.
Thank you so much for this.
magento can be a crime for
developers but you make life easier.

By: x0backslash0x

x0backslash0x — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:17:56 +0000

Great article Ashley. The changes you describe here are still relevant at version 1.5.1.0.

Except for Compare.php, placing the customized version under either the core directory tree or the local one (or both) does not seem to get rid of the pesky ‘Add to Compare’ links.

By: LED

LED — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:27:01 +0000

This is the best solution for removing the add to compare link that I have found on the net.

Thanks for explaining it step by step with a solution that won’t make a conflict with future upgrades.

By: Irina

Irina — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:48:03 +0000

Ashley,

Thanks very much for these instructions – they worked perfect for me as well!

Thanks for a great effort! And yes, having an extension for that would be great as well .

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:41:51 +0000

No worries Billy, we were all new to the internet once upon a time. The old copy-paste the error message into Google before asking for help trick will actually resolve 99.9% of all of your future issues, I cannot recommend it enough.

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:19:46 +0000

Thanks Ashley for the quick response. I sorta new in my mind that the two weren’t related. Right after I posted I remembered that my host was working an issue with cron that was the cause of this problem. All your suggestions here worked exactly as stated and “Compare” is gone. Thanks again for putting up with a “newb”!!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:04:20 +0000

@Billy, I think that's an environment issue for Magento on PHP 5.3, when in doubt, check with Google.

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:49:27 +0000

Ashley, I appreciate all your tips. I’m a relative newb but I’ve done this one on another site but when doing it this time I got this error when I tried to open my “Home Page”.
Fatal error: Method Varien_Object::__tostring() cannot take arguments in /home/cabinets/public_html/dev.dpbe-com.com/magento/lib/Varien/Object.php on line 488
Any idea what I might have messed up? Thanks