How to get Recently View Product For Guest User In Magento

Question

I am Facing one problem when i want to display recent products for guest user, is there any ways to show recently view product for guest user,

Magento support Recently View Product For Registered User But for Guest User How to show Recently view products by that particular Guest...

I am waiting for your kind response,

Hope i get some reply on this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

here is phtml

<?php if ($_products = $this->getRecentlyViewedProducts()):
$ids = '';
foreach ($_products as $_item) {
    $ids .= $_item->getId() . ';';
}
?>
<div class="lftHeading">
<span
        style="text-transform:capitalize;background:url(<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('css/images/clo_left_heading_bullet2.gif') ?>) top left no-repeat;"
        >recently viewed</span>
</div>
<div class="innerRgtMenu recently_viewed_block">
<table id="recently-viewed-items">
    <?php $i = 0; foreach ($_products as $_item): if ($i == 3) {
    continue;
} ?>
    <?php $product = $_item ?>
    <tr>
        <td><a style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD;float:left;margin:5px;padding:5px;"
               href="<?php echo $this->getProductUrl($_item, array('_nosid' => true)) ?>" class="product-image"><img
                src="<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($product, 'thumbnail')->resize(50) ?>"
                width="50" alt="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_item->getName()) ?>"/></a></td>
        <td><a style="position:relative;top:3px;font-size:11px;"
               href="<?php echo $this->getProductUrl($_item, array('_nosid' => true)) ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_item->getName()) ?></a>
        </td>

    </tr>
    <?php $i++;
endforeach; ?>
</table>
<div style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2px; text-align: center; width: 140px;">
    <input type="button" class="button recently_viewed_btn" value="<?php echo $this->__('Email These To Me') ?> "
           onClick="email_recently('<?php echo $ids; ?>')"/>
</div>
<div style="margin:5px;">
    <a href="<?php echo $this->getBaseUrl() ?>recently-viewed-items/"><?php echo $this->__('See All Recently Viewed') ?></a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('recently-viewed-items');</script>

and php file

class Mage_Reports_Block_Product_Viewed extends Mage_Reports_Block_Product_Abstract
{
const XML_PATH_RECENTLY_VIEWED_COUNT    = 'catalog/recently_products/viewed_count';

/**
 * Viewed Product Index model name
 *
 * @var string
 */
protected $_indexName       = 'reports/product_index_viewed';

/**
 * Retrieve page size (count)
 *
 * @return int
 */
public function getPageSize()
{
    if ($this->hasData('page_size')) {
        return $this->getData('page_size');
    }
    return Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_RECENTLY_VIEWED_COUNT);
}

/**
 * Added predefined ids support
 */
public function getCount()
{
    $ids = $this->getProductIds();
    if (!empty($ids)) {
        return count($ids);
    }
    return parent::getCount();
}

/**
 * Prepare to html
 * check has viewed products
 *
 * @return string
 */
protected function _toHtml()
{
    if (!$this->getCount()) {
        return '';
    }
    $this->setRecentlyViewedProducts($this->getItemsCollection());
    return parent::_toHtml();
}
}

if it will not work for guests - try to change last function in php file to

   protected function _toHtml()
{
 /*   if ($this->_hasViewedProductsBefore() === false) {
        return '';
    } */

    $this->setDisplayMinimalPrice('1');
    $collection = $this->_getRecentProductsCollection();

    $hasProducts = (bool)count($collection);
//        if (is_null($this->_hasViewedProductsBefore())) {
//           Mage::getSingleton('reports/session')->setData('viewed_products', $hasProducts);
//        }
    if ($hasProducts) {
        $this->setRecentlyViewedProducts($collection);
    }

    return parent::_toHtml();
}

Answer 2

Block Recently Viewed Products works fine without any code modification in magento 1.6-1.9.2.2
If block is not shown you need check:

1. Block is properly added to page in visible container (by default block added to right sidebar)
2. Log is Enabled. Check System->Configuration->System->Log Option "Enable Log" = Yes
3. Rebuild index "Category Product" (catalog_category_product)