Avoid showing New Products box if no new products exists

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I was working on a site that does not have many new products and sometimes the new products were in deeper categories that the one I was looking, so the pages shows the "New Products" box empty.

 

I made a modiffication that maybe can be useful for others in the /catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php file:

 

From this:

  $info_box_contents = array();

 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left', 'text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));

 new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);



 if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) {

   $new_products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

 } else {

   $new_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . $new_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

 }

 

To this:

  $info_box_contents = array();

 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left', 'text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));



 if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) {

   $new_products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

 } else {

   $new_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . $new_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

 }



 if (tep_db_num_rows($new_products_query)) {

   new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);

 };

 

This way, if NO new products are found, nothing will be displayed.

 

Sorry if it wasn't the best place to post that message, but I dont know if it is a Suggestion or an Development message :?

 

Best regards