In Magento,how can i add different image for same product that was assigned to more than one category,When it is in different categories - magento

Question

I Have a product for example,t-shirt that is added to men's category and women's category.Now I want to display a woman's image of that t-shirt on women's category & man's t-shirt image in men's category.
Is there any possiblities for the above without creating the same product again.
If possible kindly provide idea for it.

Answer 1

Ok fair enough. Here's a quick solution to your problem. It's a bit scrappy, but you get the idea. In this example I assume your ladies category has an ID of 123, and the image you want to show in the ladies category is the product's second image;
$otherImage = false;
$catId = 123; // The id of the category to show a different image on
$imageNumber = 2; // The position in the gallery of the image you want to show
$currentCatId = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getId();
if($currentCatId == $catId) { // This is the category you wanted
$count = 1;
$gallery = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId())->getMediaGalleryImages();
foreach ($gallery as $image):
if($count == $imageNumber) {
// This is the image you want
$otherImage = $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image', $image->getFile())->resize(180);
}
$count++;
endforeach;
}
if($otherImage) { echo '<img src="'.$otherImage.'" />'; } else { echo '<img src="'.$this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(180).'" />'; }

Answer 2

There is no native way to do this in Magento. Product images can be set per store view but not per category. I can think of various ways you could achieve this, but unless your portfolio is huge, I would recommend you either use a unisex image (maybe both male and female) or create a separate product for each gender.
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