This follows on from my previous question (https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/78459/getting-custom-attribute-value-from-simple-product-load-based-on-product-collect/78462#78462).
I am getting all the child products of it's parents by using the following:-
$associatedProducts = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->getUsedProducts(null, $product);
I am already fetching values from custom attributes (dropdowns) in simple products using the following:-
$sizing = $simple->getAttributeText('product_size_women');
This works fine, I am able to get the size value for each simple product but this attribute is set as 'Use To Create Configurable Product'.
I cannot fetch the values from a different custom attribute (also a dropdown) that isn't used to create a configurable product though and I suspect this has something to do with how getUsedProducts functions.
I have tried loading the attribute id into an array like below but this has no affect probably because attributes that aren't used to create a configurable cannot be retrieved in this function - I'm unsure.
getUsedProducts(array(id_of_your_attribute), $product)
I'd simply like to get the value of the custom attribute in the same way as I am getting the sizing ones above:-
$sendtofeed = $simple->getAttributeText('attribute_code'));
Can someone point out where I am going wrong?