public function lists() {
        $productss = array();
        //$order = new CoreCommerceProduct();
        $db = Loader::db();
        $sql = $this->getAllProductFromSearch(); //'select * from corecommerceproducts';
        $rows = $db->GetAll($sql);
        foreach ($rows as $row) {
            $products = CoreCommerceProduct::getByID($row['productID']);
            if (!is_object($products) OR $products->isSoldOut()) { /* OR !$products->isProductEnabled() - before last ')' */
                continue;
            }
            array_push($productss, $products);
        }
 
        $this->set('products', $this->filterProducts($productss));
    }
 
    public function filterProducts($products) {
        $p = array();
        $filter =array();
        if(isset($_REQUEST['filter']))
            $filter = array_map('urldecode',$_REQUEST['filter']);
        $interestedCategories = array('Event', 'General Course', 'Pathway Course');
        foreach ($products as $product) {
            if (!in_array($product->getAttribute('category'), $interestedCategories))
                continue;
            //if course type filter is submitted
            $coursetype = $product->getAttribute('course_types'); 
            if( gettype($coursetype) == "object"){   //must make sure this is an object before we try and call methods
                $r = $coursetype->get('0');
                if(gettype($r) == "object"){
                    $coursetype = $r->getSelectAttributeOptionValue() ;
                }
             }
 
            if(count($filter) && !in_array(trim($coursetype), $filter)){
                continue;
            }
            array_push($p, $product);
        }
        return $p;
    }