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21-Dec-10 15:00:45

Using the JomGenuis + Virtuemart + Categories

I am able to produce the list of categories a product resides in.....

$vm = JomGenius("virtuemart");

$a1 = $vm->info("category_names");

foreach( $a1 as $number => $name){
echo ": $name, : $number ";

}

How do I grab the id of the category to be able create an url to the categories? I have tried combining the category_id with category_names but without any luck.

Thanks Steve

Edited By: uglykidjoe
21-Dec-10 15:22:38

uglykidjoe: Beginner Modder; 13 Posts

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21-Dec-10 21:34:00

Re: Using the JomGenuis + Virtuemart + Categories

Hi,

a typical non-SEF URL for a VM category looks something like this:

index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=21&Itemid=61

You can convert this to a SEF URL when SEF is turned on like this:

JRoute::_( $url )

So you could construct some URLs like this:

$vm = JomGenius("virtuemart");
$ids = $vm->info("category_ids");
$names = $vm->info("category_names");
$c = count( $ids );
for ($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++ ){
$the_id = $ids[$i];
$the_name = $names[$i];
$url = 'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=';
$url .= $the_id;
$url .= '&Itemid=1'; // replace 1 with a suitable Itemid
$sef = JRoute::_( $url );
echo '<a href="' . $sef . '">' . $the_name . "</a><br />";
}

I haven't tried this out but it's how I would start out.

Hope that helps,
Stephen

Stephen Brandon
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