How to collect such info in magento listing page? - magento

Question

I need the catalog_product_entity_media_gallery table value data only on listing page.
When i am going to listing page and use the print_r($_productCollection);
$_productCollection on listing page returns me a array like this.
[_resourceName:protected] => catalog/product
[_resource:protected] =>
[_resourceCollectionName:protected] => catalog/product_collection
[_dataSaveAllowed:protected] => 1
[_isObjectNew:protected] =>
[_data:protected] => Array
(
[entity_id] => 160
[entity_type_id] => 4
[attribute_set_id] => 4
[type_id] => simple
[sku] => 104580
[has_options] => 0
[required_options] => 0
[created_at] => 2014-12-01 10:40:25
[updated_at] => 2014-12-01 11:51:15
[cat_index_position] => 1
[price] => 4.4900
[tax_class_id] => 4
[final_price] => 4.4900
[minimal_price] => 4.4900
[min_price] => 4.4900
[max_price] => 4.4900
[tier_price] =>
[name] => E Shisha E Liquid eKaiser *Menthol Flavour* 10ml Platinum Bottle Refill for Rechargeable E cigarette and E Shisha
[msrp_enabled] => 1
[msrp_display_actual_price_type] => 1
[thumbnail] => amazon_images/104580.jpg
[small_image] => amazon_images/104580.jpg
[image_label] =>
[small_image_label] =>
[thumbnail_label] =>
[url_key] => e-shisha-e-liquid-ekaiser-menthol-flavour-10ml-platinum-bottle-refill-for-rechargeable-e-cigarette-and-e-shisha
[short_description] => The eKaiser Platinum e Liquid range is made specifically for Cigarette smokers.
I need the only [small_image] value, which returns me only the amazon_images/104580.jpg
If any One have any idea, how to do it
Please help me.
Thank you

Answer 1

And also you can do like this :
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId());
foreach ($product->getMediaGallery('images') as $image) {
...
}

Answer 2

You can do like this on listing page.
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId());
foreach ($product->getMediaGalleryImages() as $image) {
var_dump($image->getUrl());
}

Answer 3

A for loop in listing with getModel will slow down your listing page considerably.
With listing page you should only use flat tables for collection.
So you need to make sure that small image is populated in flat table.