Is this possible...

[Guest]

Hi

Ive noticed that there are contributions to display just the catergories and not the sub-catergories and there is a contribution to put the catergories and sub-catergories in a drop down. But is it possible just to put the catergories in a drop down box :?:

 

Thanks alot

Matt

[Daemonj]

Not that I am aware of.

 

You should be able to copy the catalog/includes/boxes/manufacturers.php file and edit it to make your categories. ;)

[Guest]

<?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

 $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_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => PULL_DOWN_DEFAULT))), $cPath, 'onchange="this.form.submit();"')

                             );

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

           </td>

         </tr>

<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

This is my code for a drop down box with catergories and sub-catergories in, is it not possible to slightly adapt this to display just the catergories :?:

 

Thanks

Matt

[Daemonj]

I did not realize that you already something to do that. Remove the loop for the subcategories and you should have what you want.

[Guest]

which part of that code is the loop?

 

Im sorry I only have basic php knowledge?

 

Thanks

Matt

[Daemonj]

It is in the tep_get_categories() function in the catalog/includes/functions/general.php file. You would need to make a copy of it and remove the secondary while loop.

[Guest]

But...

 

<?php

/**************************************************************************** 

*  $Id: top_categories.php,v 1.0 2003/04/90 14:34:00 clescuyer Exp $

*

*  Display only top categories

*

*  osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

*  http://www.oscommerce.com/

*

*  Copyright (c) 2003 Go?lette 

*  Christian Lescuyer <[email protected]>

*  http://www.goelette.net/

*  

*  History: 1.0 Creation

*

*  Released under the GNU General Public License

****************************************************************************/



?>

<!-- top_categories //-->

         <tr>

           <td>

<?php

//////////

// Display box heading

//////////

 $info_box_contents = array();

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

 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);





//////////

// Get categories list

//////////

// Test for presence of status field for compatibility with older versions

 $status = tep_db_num_rows(tep_db_query('describe categories status'));



 $query = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id

           from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd

           where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id

                         and c.parent_id=0";

 if ($status >0)

   $query.= " and c.status = '1'";

 $query.= " and cd.language_id='" . $languages_id ."'

           order by sort_order, cd.categories_name";



 $categories_query = tep_db_query($query);



// Build categories string

 $categories_string = '';

 while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query))  {

   $categories_string .= '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'cPath=' . $row['categories_id']) . '">';

   list($current) = explode('_', $HTTP_GET_VARS['cPath']);

   if ($row['categories_id'] == $current) $categories_string .=  '<b>';

   $categories_string .= $row['categories_name'];

   if ($row['categories_id'] == $current) $categories_string .=  '</b>';

   $categories_string .= '</a>';

   $categories_string .= '<br>';

 }



//////////

// Display box contents

//////////

 $info_box_contents = array();

 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left', 'text'  => $categories_string);

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

           </td>

         </tr>

<!-- top_categories_eof //-->

 

This code just displays the top catergories without changing the functions, is there not an easy way to put this into a drop down box rather than a list :?:

 

Thanks alot

Matt

[Daemonj]

Try changing

////////// 

// Display box contents 

////////// 

 $info_box_contents = array(); 

 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left', 'text'  => $categories_string); 

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

to be

////////// 

// Display box contents 

////////// 

     $info_box_contents = array();

     $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => tep_draw_form('categories', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'),

                                  'text' => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('categories_id', $categories_array, (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['categories_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['categories_id'] : ''), 'onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . MAX_CATEGORIES_LIST . '" style="width: 100%"') . tep_hide_session_id());

and see if that does not do what you want.

[Guest]

no...

 

I just recieved an empty drop down????

[Guest]

Sorted the problem, if anyone would like to know how to do this, here is the code:

 

<!-- drop_categories //-->

         <tr>

           <td>

<?php

/// Display box heading

 $info_box_contents = array();

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

 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);



/// Get categories list

 $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");



/// Display a dropdown

  $category_name_array = array();

   $category_name_array[] = array('id' => '',

                          'text' => PULL_DOWN_DEFAULT);



  while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

    $categories_name = ((strlen($categories['categories_name']) > 20) ? substr($categories['categories_name'], 0, 20) . '..' : $categories['categories_name']);

    $category_name_array[] = array('id' => $categories['categories_id'],

                               'text' => $categories_name);

  }



  $info_box_contents = array();

  $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => tep_draw_form('drop_down_nav', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'),

                        'text' => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', $category_name_array, (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['cPath']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['cPath'] : ''), 'onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . MAX_CATEGORIES_LIST . '" style="width: 100%"') . tep_hide_session_id());



  new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

           </td>

         </tr>

<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

-Matt