Finding products in specific category

[tigtig22]

Hi all,

 

I am making some modifications in the way that customers explore products in my shop. Is there a function that works similar to the getProducts() function but gets products from a defined category using a category ID (rather than the current category) ?

 

I would like to use the output of the function on the category.php page.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

Paul T

[CartExpert.net]

Hi!

 

You can use the getProducts() function to get products from a defined category.

[tigtig22]

Thanks for that - that is good to know. Do you have any example code ? I cannot work out how to use getProducts() on a category of my choice.

 

Thanks again,

 

P

[CartExpert.net]

Hello!

This is the function's head:

getProducts($id_lang, $start, $limit, $orderBy, $orderWay, $id_category = false, $only_active = false)

 

id_lang - this is stored is a cookie

start - the index of the element in the result list

limit - number of elements

orderBy - criteria to be ordered by

orderWay - can be 'ASC' for ascending or 'DESC' for descending

id_category - this is where you set the category id

only_active - by default is false, so it will return all products

 

To use the function:

$product_list = Product::getProducts($cookie->id_lang, 0,0, 'id_product', 'ASC', [PUT_HERE_CATEGORY_ID], true);

[liloulila13]

hi,

 

Is it possible to use this function in product.tpl ? I have an error 500.

 

I would like to get products of a specific category in all my products pages.

 

Thanks you !

[CartExpert.net]

Hello!

 

You do not have to put it in product.tpl. You can use it in ProductController.php

[liloulila13]

Thank you !!

 

 

I can get data products of my category (product name, id product...). But I can't get the data derived from the jointed table (id image...). What can be the reason?

[CartExpert.net]

Hello!

 

To get the images too, you need to use the getProducts() function of the Category class.

[sheraz4pro]

Hi, i have to customize the category products which shows on the page after clicking on a category.can you tell me which function i have to customize for this purpose.??

i have searched on google and found that Category::getProducts() is used to get category products. i am making changes in this function but changes are not taking place.

Can you guide me how i can customize category products.???