how to display product detail description on product listing page?

Question

I want to show a detailed product description after a short description on the product listing page.

I'm doing this

<?
echo $_product->getDescription();
?>

but nothing shows up.

I also tried this

Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getProductId())->getDescription();

but to no success.

Answer 1

Try setting product attribute for descrption field "Used in Product Listing" to "YES". That will solve your problem and avoid redundant model load

Answer 2

The correct code is:

<?php

$my_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId());

echo $my_product->getDescription();

?>