[SOLVED] Paginate products count based on category id

[yaniv14]

Hi,

 

I am looking for an idea on how to achieve products page pagination in category page based on categories and not by Configuration::products_per_page.

 

I have different template layouts for different categories and I need to split them to different count.

 

Category 1 = 5 per page.

Category 2 = 12 per page.

Ect.....

 

Any help will be appreciated.

Edited February 18, 2015 by yaniv14 (see edit history)

[fred-vinapresta]

Hi, you need to override the controllers/front/CategoryController.php file

 

In the  assignProductList functiion, you need to change

$this->cat_products = $this->category->getProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)$this->p, (int)$this->n, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay);

by something like that:

switch ($this->category->id) {

case 1:
$nb_products = 5;
break;

case 2:
$nb_products = 10;
break;

.......

default:
$nb_products = (int)$this->n;


}

$this->cat_products = $this->category->getProducts($this->context->language->id, (int)$this->p, (int)$nb_products, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay);

Edited January 10, 2015 by fred-vinapresta (see edit history)

[razaro]

I was thinking maybe simple module that will save pair category, number of products per category

and override of FrontController paginate function but fred_vinapresta solution is more precise.

[yaniv14]

Thank you both.

 

I'll give it a shot once the kids go to bed.

[yaniv14]

Hi,

 

I am getting the desire products count per page based on the category id with your suggestion but I am not getting the actual pagination functionality.

 

Do I need to override pagination as well or am I am missing something in the template?

 

Thanks

[razaro]

Try this override, no changes to template files.

Code in assignProductList is bit messy so needs improvement.

And also do not forget to enable overrides and clear cache.

CategoryController.php

[yaniv14]

Thank you,

 

Everything works like a charm.