Magento Product Attribute Get Value

Question

How to get specific product attribute value if i know product ID without loading whole product?

Answer 1

You could write a method that would do it directly via sql I suppose.

Would look something like this:

Variables:

$store_id = 1;
$product_id = 1234;
$attribute_code = 'manufacturer';

Query:

SELECT value FROM eav_attribute_option_value WHERE option_id IN (
    SELECT option_id FROM eav_attribute_option WHERE FIND_IN_SET(
        option_id, 
        (SELECT value FROM catalog_product_entity_varchar WHERE
            entity_id = '$product_id' AND 
            attribute_id = (SELECT attribute_id FROM eav_attribute WHERE
                attribute_code='$attribute_code')
        )
    ) > 0) AND
    store_id='$store_id';

You would have to get the value from the correct table based on the attribute's backend_type (field in eav_attribute) though so it takes at least 1 additional query.