if top category equals == 'X' display elseif?

[Warz]

Hello!

I'm wondering what's the code for parent category? I figured out for subcategories it is category_id but I need the parent category code.

I'm gonna use it in row.html to display a little icon next to each link. The icon is related to the top category. At the moment I have to add the code to EACH subcategory to make the icon display. It would be easier if I could add it only to the parent category, since then, it would obviously display for all categories.

I'm using

<%if $category_id =='28'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='2'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='3'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='4'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='5'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='6'%>
<%/if%>

I tried this, but didn't work:

<%if $parent_category_id =='28'%>
<%/if%>

[Bruceper]

The "code" for a parent cat is the same as any other category, except that it has a 0 for parentid.

You should be able to use the variable $parent

[Warz]

Maybe it's not parent id I'm looking for? It definitively didn't work to use just $parent... It's top category and the ID is 28...

[Bruceper]

You're asking about parentid. If you just want the code for matching a category it would be <%if $cat == catnumberhere%>

[Warz]

No you see... My categories looks like this:

English (id=28)
--- A (id=2)
--- B (id=3)
--- C (id=4)
--- D (id=5)
....and so on
Norwegian (id=33)
--- A (id=35)
--- B (id=36)
--- C (id=37)
--- D (id=38)
....and so on

From that example you can see that I need the English and Norwegian cat id, and it only works with the sub categories. In other words, Instead of adding flag to only id 28 or id 33, I have to add to all letters in the alphabet for EACH category.

Makes better sense?

[Bruceper]

<%if $parent == 33%> should work

No quotes in there by the way, try it exactly as i typed it.

[Warz]

I'm afraid it didn't work. No image displayed at all. Tried with text, didn't work either.

<%if $parent == 33%><img border="0" src="/themes/kosmos/images/flags/usauk.gif" width="32" height="20">
<%/if%>

[Bruceper]

The big question now, is where are you placing this and is $parent a valid variable for that page? Check the corresponding .php file for $parent and if it's not there then it wont work. Of course it could be added.

[Warz]

row.html... but I don't find any row.php

[Bruceper]

in browse.php find the following

// vars url & form
global $cat, $pg_which;

Replace with

// vars url & form
global $cat, $parent, $pg_which;

And it SHOULD work

[Warz]

Still doesn't work...

    // vars url & form
    global $cat, $parent, $pg_which;

[Warz]

Alright .... since it didn't work anyone know the code for equals from to?
Instead of

<%if $category_id =='28'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='2'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='3'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='4'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='5'%>
<%elseif $category_id =='6'%>
<%/if%>

I would just write

<%if $category_id =='2-28'%>
<%/if%>

...or something like that? Is there a formula for that?

[ezykiwi]

in php its something like

if ($x >= 100 && $x <= 1000)

so that would be between 100 and 1000

[inspireme]

in smarty you could do this

if $parent => lownumber | $parent <= highnumber

from memory the " | " (bar) in smarty is OR, check that out ont he smarty site though

[Warz]

Thanks lot's! I used

                <%if ($category_id >= 2 && $category_id <= 30)%><img border="0" src="/themes/kosmos/images/flags/usauk.gif" width="32" height="20">
                <%elseif ($category_id >= 33 && $category_id <= 65)%><img border="0" src="/themes/kosmos/images/flags/norway.gif" width="32" height="20">
                <%/if%>

worked very good