Admin Sort Product List By Manufacturer - module attempt

OC 1.4.6

I am trying my hardest to add this feature to my admin. I need to have my product list sortable by manufacturer. I am hacking my way thru the code to make this happen. I am fairly new to PHP. I have been working with classic ASP for 15 years.

I am using another similar module as a guide, the mod (admin_product_filter_by_category) sorts the admin's product list by category. I need it by manufacurer (admin_product_filter_by_category http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... ion_id=439 )

So I have tried to make the similar changes in related files to get a combo box of the manufactures on the product list page.

I am so close to getting it to work, but my lack of knowledge and understanding of some of the code, keeps me from finishing.

Can someone assist me?

I have one major issue at the moment, if I can figure this out, I think I can finish this off.

file: admin/model/catalog/product.php , approximate line: 377
In the function getList I am trying to get the list of manufacrurers.
Here is the code where I am getting the errors: This is the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\2010\opencart_obc\admin\controller\catalog\product.php on line 377
Line 377 is the 2nd line.


Thanks for the help.

fixed that line

I am happy to report that I have my product list in the admin sorting by manufacturer and/ or category.

wooohooo!

Can you help me, how to sort Product list by manufacturer for OC 1.4.9?

thanks for advance.

squeaky,

I need the exact same thing for one of my clients. Any chance you could share the code you wrote for 1.4.6? If I can get it working, I'll update it for 1.4.9 and release it as a free contribution for anyone else who might need it.