How to get shipping method title in sales_order_save event?

Question

How can I get shippingMethod Title in mage/sales/model/Order.php, in function _beforeSave() ? Actually I have to set label for Shipping Description.

Answer 1

if you have the order object you can get the shipping description

$order = $observer->getEvent()->getOrder(); // or where ever the order is located in your observer event
echo $order->getShippingDescription();

Or optionally if you want all the shipping method data you should be able to retrieve it via

$shipping = $order->getShippingAddress()->getShippingMethod();
var_dump($shipping->getData());

Answer 2

$methods = Mage::getSingleton('shipping/config')->getActiveCarriers();
$options = array();
foreach($methods as $_code => $_method)
{
    if(!$_title = Mage::getStoreConfig("carriers/$_code/title"))
        $_title = $_code;

    $options[] = array('value' => $_code, 'label' => $_title . " ($_code)");
}
echo "<xmp>";
print_r($options);
echo "</xmp>";

Answer 3

This worked for me when looking for the custom title:

$order         = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($orderId);
$shippingTitle = $order->getTracksCollection()->getFirstItem()->getTitle();

Answer 4

$order->getShippingDescription(); // returns Shipping Method Title