Magento get attribute code from filter.phtml

Question

I am trying to get the attribute code from the filter.phtml template file. Does anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Answer 1

$_item->getFilter()->getAttributeModel()->getAttributeCode()

The above line of code can be used to get the attribute code when it is in the loop.

Answer 2

It will works only if filter is attribute bu for category it will not work so you have to write like

echo $_filter->getType();
if($_filter->getType()=='catalog/layer_filter_attribute')
{
    echo $_filter->getAttributeModel()->getAttributeCode();
}