Magento – display SKU on product page

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Magento’s default theme doesn’t display the SKU on the product page (at least as of v1.1.6). As per this discussion thread, it’s fairly easy to add by editing the template:

In whichever theme you’re using, in the file template/catalog/product/view.phtml, add the line:

<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_product->getSku()) ?>

Here’s a few lines of my view.phtml to give you some context:

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<div class="product-essential">
<form action="<?php echo $this->getAddToCartUrl($_product) ?>" method="post" id="product_addtocart_form">
 
     <div class="product-img-box">
         <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('media') ?>
     </div>
 
     <div class="product-shop">
         <h3 class="product-name"><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_product->getName()) ?></h3>
         <?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_product->getSku()) ?>
 
         <?php if ($this->canEmailToFriend()): ?>

We are also reminded in the Magento thread that we should not use the default theme in place, as it’s subject to changes from release to release. Instead, you should create a copy of the default theme (if that’s what you want to start with), and work with that. See also: http://www.magentocommerce.com/design_guide/articles/working-with-magento-themes#head-how-to-create-a-theme

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