How to get category dropdown list to show only main vategories

[johka]

I have installed this contribution "Category Drop Down List" in my shop. http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,46 and it's working fine but it shows also the sub-categories. Any ideas how i should edit the code so that it only displays main categories.

 

<?php
/*
 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2001 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
?>
<!-- categories //-->
	  <tr>
		<td>
<?php

 function tep_get_paths($categories_array = '', $parent_id = '0', $indent = '', $path='') {
global $languages_id;

if (!is_array($categories_array)) $categories_array = array();

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where parent_id = '" . (int)$parent_id . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
  if ($parent_id=='0'){
$categories_array[] = array('id' => $categories['categories_id'],
								  'text' => $indent . $categories['categories_name']);
  }
  else{
$categories_array[] = array('id' => $path . $parent_id . '_' .$categories['categories_id'],
								  'text' => $indent . $categories['categories_name']);
  }

  if ($categories['categories_id'] != $parent_id) {
$this_path=$path;
if ($parent_id != '0')
  $this_path = $path . $parent_id . '_';
	$categories_array = tep_get_paths($categories_array, $categories['categories_id'], $indent . '??', $this_path);
  }
}

return $categories_array;
 }

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',
						   'text'  => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES
						  );
 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => '<form action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" method="get">' . tep_hide_session_id(),
						   'align' => 'left',
						   'text'  => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', tep_get_paths(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => PULL_DOWN_DEFAULT))), $cPath, 'onchange="this.form.submit();"')
						  );
 new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
		</td>
	  </tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

I'll buy a virtual beer to anyone who can help with this one....

[after8hrs]

I think osC 2.2 default setting is it shows only the main product categories.

My question is, if that's what you want, why should you install the drop-down display contribution ?

[johka]

I think osC 2.2 default setting is it shows only the main product categories.

My question is, if that's what you want, why should you install the drop-down display contribution ?

 

Well, my situation is that I have 12 main categories, which all have 4-20 subcategories, which have some might have up to 200 subcategories. I fixed the menu in a way that it shows 8 main categories (leading brands) and I want a drop-down box under that which shows only all the 12 main categories (including those 8) but not any subcategories.

 

My shop is very heavily modded, so maybe thats why those contributions won't work very well. At the moment I have this:

		  <tr>
		<td>
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',
						   'text'  => BOX_HEADING_SEARCH
						  );
 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);

 $hide = tep_hide_session_id();
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('form'  => '<form name="quick_find" method="get" action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 
'NONSSL', false) . '">',
						   'align' => 'left',
						   'text'  => $hide . '<b>' . BOX_SEARCH_KAIKKIHAKU . '</b></a>'
						  );


if (MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST < 2) {
$cat_choose = array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES));
 } else {
$cat_choose = '';
 }

////
// Below lines changed by Marcel

 $categories_array = tep_get_categories($cat_choose);
 for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($categories_array); $i++) {


/* 	  tep_get_path_categories($path_categories, $categories_array[$i]['id']);
  for ($j = sizeof($path_categories) - 1; $j>=0; $j--) {
	  $path = ($path == "") ? $path_categories[$j] : ($path . "_" .. $path_categories[$j]);
  }
  $categories_array[$i]['id'] = ($path == "") ? $categories_array[$i]['id'] : ($path . "_" . $categories_array[$i]['id']);
*/  }

 $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => '<form action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" method="get">',
						   'align' => 'left',
						   'text'  => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', $categories_array,'','onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . 
((sizeof($categories_array) < MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) ? sizeof($categories_array) : MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) . '" style="width:150"')
						  );
 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>
		</td>
	  </tr>