Magento Fetch category products to custom page

Magento Fetch category products to custom page

sometimes with Magento Fetch category products to custom page / custom block .. so here is simple code we can use and can have category’s products with ease

<?php 

$categoryId = (int category number);
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId);
 
$productcollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection')
      ->addCategoryFilter($category)
      ->addAttributeToSelect('*');
 
/***************************************************
  Applying status and visibility filter to the product collection
  i.e. only fetching visible and enabled products
****************************************************/
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_status')
  ->addVisibleFilterToCollection($productcollection);	
  
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_visibility')
  ->addVisibleInCatalogFilterToCollection($productcollection); 
 
/** 
 * Printing category and products name
 */ 
echo '<h1><strong>'.$category->getName().'</strong></h1>';
foreach ($productcollection as $val) {
  echo $val->getName() . '<br />';
}

?>

Here you may have noticed one code that filter product based on its availability or visibility

<?php 

Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_status')
  ->addVisibleFilterToCollection($productcollection);	
  
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_visibility')
  ->addVisibleInCatalogFilterToCollection($productcollection); 

?>