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In my catalog/product_list block template (catalog/product/list.phtml), I've this piece of code that should work, but $_productCollection is always false:

<?php $session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session'); $_productCollection = $session->getProductCollection(); if (!$_productCollection){ $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection(); $session->setProductCollection($_productCollection); } $_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output'); 

Strings work, just not collection objects it seems. In my IDE I can see the $_SESSION superglobal populating with the collection, but on refresh it just disappears. Maybe it is garbage collected when the request completes? Any one have any idea?

In my catalog/product_list block template (catalog/product/list.phtml), I've this piece of code that should work, but $_productCollection is always false:

<?php $session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session'); $_productCollection = $session->getProductCollection(); if (!$_productCollection){ $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection(); $session->setProductCollection($_productCollection); } $_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output'); 

Strings work, just not collection objects it seems. In my IDE I can see the $_SESSION superglobal populating with the collection, but on refresh it just disappears. Maybe it is garbage collected when the request completes? Any one have any idea?

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In my catalog/product_list block template (catalog/product/list.phtml), I've this piece of code that should work, but $_productCollection is always false:

<?php $session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session'); $_productCollection = $session->getProductCollection(); if (!$_productCollection){ $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection(); $session->setProductCollection($_productCollection); } $_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output'); 

Strings work, just not collection objects it seems. In my IDE I can see the $_SESSION superglobal populating with the collection, but on refresh it just disappears. Maybe is it being garbage collected? Any one have any idea?

In my catalog/product_list block template (catalog/product/list.phtml), I've this piece of code that should work, but $_productCollection is always false:

<?php $session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session'); $_productCollection = $session->getProductCollection(); if (!$_productCollection){ $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection(); $session->setProductCollection($_productCollection); } $_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output'); 

Strings work, just not collection objects it seems. In my IDE I can see the $_SESSION superglobal populating with the collection, but on refresh it just disappears. Maybe it is garbage collected when the request completes? Any one have any idea?