Disable the Compare products functionality in Magento

[55debra]

I want to disable the Compare products functionality in Magento. Can I do that?
If “Yes”, then how can I do that?

[WebMaster]

Yes You can disable the Compare products functionality in Magento.
You can follow the following steps:

• Edit app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Helper/Product/Compare.php and change the following code:

public function getAddUrl($product)
{
return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product));
}

to

public function getAddUrl($product)
{
//return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product)); return false;
}

• Edit ./app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/catalog.xml (if you are using a different Magento theme, enter its name instead of default) and change the following code:

<block type="catalog/product_compare_sidebar" before="cart_sidebar" name="catalog.compare.sidebar" template="catalog/product/compare/sidebar.phtml"/>

to

<!-- <block type="catalog/product_compare_sidebar" before="cart_sidebar" name="catalog.compare.sidebar" template="catalog/product/compare/sidebar.phtml"/> -->

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