Random Product from a Specific Category

[Guest]

I have a heavily modified osCommerce v2.2 shop, unfortunately my php coding abilities are limited. I have the following code in one of my modified files.

 

. '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $random_product["products_id"]) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_product['products_image'], $random_product['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $random_product['products_id']) . '">' . $random_product['products_name'] . '</a><br><s>' . $currencies->display_price($random_product['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($random_product['products_tax_class_id'])) . '</s><br><span class="productSpecialPrice">' . $currencies->display_price($random_product['specials_new_products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($random_product['products_tax_class_id'])) .

 

I need this code modified to display a random product from a specific category of my shop.

 

Can anyone help.

[Guest]

It looks like this could be a hard question, I've had a few people view this thread but no response yet.

 

I have created several new boxes to display these products, these boxes are based upon the special offers box where a short description and image is displayed.

 

All I need is some php code that will display a random product from one of my shops categories, for instance, my shop sells furniture, tables, beds, wardrobes etc. I would like to display a random product from say my wardrobe catagory.

[Guest]

Still no response, that's probably because I'm not giving you the correct information to help me.

 

Here is all the code in one of my new boxes

 

<?php
 if ($random_product = tep_random_select("select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, p.products_image, s.specials_new_products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = s.products_id and pd.products_id = s.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and s.status = '1' order by s.specials_date_added desc limit " . MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_SPECIALS)) {
?>
 <?php
   $info_box_contents = array();
   $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS1);

   new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false, tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS));  

   $info_box_contents = array();
   $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'center',
                                'text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $random_product["products_id"]) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_product['products_image'], $random_product['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $random_product['products_id']) . '">' . $random_product['products_name'] . '</a><br><s>' . $currencies->display_price($random_product['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($random_product['products_tax_class_id'])) . '</s><br><span class="productSpecialPrice">' . $currencies->display_price($random_product['specials_new_products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($random_product['products_tax_class_id'])) . '</span>');

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

 

The first part of the php code is calling certain information from the specials table, I need this code changing to call information from the categories table.

 

I think the rest of the code will work, I'll check it when someone can help me code the first part.