List of sub-categories on home?

[Mike Goodstadt]

Hi all,

 

I am writing carousel and slider modules which use categories rather than products.

I need to generate a list of categories but cannot get my head around how to do this.

 

Can anyone help?! I would struggle on but have problems at home right now and so would really appreciate assistance as my focus and clarity of reasoning this our is not 100%

 

I can generate the first level of categories but need the sub-categories of the first main one.

I would like ideally to have a module option page to select the level but that can come later...

 

many thanks,

Mike

[Mike Goodstadt]

Hi seriously - I would very much appreciate any ideas on this...?!!!

Are you all on holiday ?

[vekia]

in php file you should use Category class - especially Category::getCategories function, it looks like:

 

public static function getCategories($id_lang = false, $active = true, $order = true, $sql_filter = '', $sql_sort = '', $sql_limit = '')

 

with this function you will get list of all categories available in your store.

 

then create a smarty array with this function return value (lis of categories). After that you will be able to use this variable in the .tpl fule (for example: in foreach lop to get each category specification)

[Mike Goodstadt]

Thanks Vekia

I will see if my head is clear enough today to have a second run at it...

Mike

[vekia]

and of course you have to use Link class to create an url to the category page, something like:

{$link->getCategoryLink({$id_category})}

 

if you will have any questions - feel free to write, im lovin modifications like this so i will help with pleasure

[Amazzing]

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then create a smarty array with this function return value (lis of categories)

...

Can you please give the code, that creates this array? 

I am new to smarty, and I think I did something wrong about the syntax, so I can't get any categories variables in .tpl

[vekia]

Can you please give the code, that creates this array? 

I am new to smarty, and I think I did something wrong about the syntax, so I can't get any categories variables in .tpl

what ps version you use? everything depends on it

[Amazzing]

what ps version you use? everything depends on it

PS 1.5.4.1

[vekia]

so in prestashop 1.5.x you can use this method:

$this->smarty->assign('variable' => $array);