How can i call attribute filters in magento catelog page

Question

I am using magento 1.9.0.1, we are using a customized theme for my website. I need to call attribute filters to particular place in catalog page, So for this requirement I am using this code for displaying filters.

echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/layer_view')->setTemplate('catalog/layer/view.phtml')->toHtml()?>

Using this code I am able to display attributes and I am able to pass parameters also but products are not filtered can any one help me out from this.

Answer 1

I would advice you to add the layered view using the layout XML's instead of injecting the block directly. Also, adding 2 or more of this block in one page might cause issues.

Make sure your category is an anchor category in the backend and via your templates local.xml (or catalog.xml) you can move around the block by adding it to the preferred parent

<catalog_category_layered>
    <reference name="left">
        <remove name="catalog.leftnav"/>
    </reference>
    <reference name="footer">
        <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
    </reference>
</catalog_category_layered>

Above would include it in the footer, now all you have to do is add <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('catalog.leftnav');?> to the footer.phtml and you're done!

Answer 2

$_item->getFilter()->getRequestVar()