Dynamic sort options for SilverShop Module

Question

I have been breaking my head on how to do a dynamic sort option, which will show/hide the sort option, depending on whether the category has the "Manufacturer" that the sorter is looking for...

private static $sort_options = array(
    'Alphabetical' => 'URLSegment',
    'Lowest Price' => 'BasePrice'
);

Normally the sorter gets its options like this, but this will not seem to cut it for the task at hand.

If anyone can give some tips or ideas of what I can try, that would be really helpful. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Your best bet is to override the getSorter method in ProductCategory_Controller and add any additional logic there:

https://github.com/silvershop/silvershop-core/blob/master/code/product/ProductCategory.php#L202