[SOLVED] Change theme through code

[Mr.Z]

Is there any way to have different themes based on the category that is selected? In resume how can i change the current theme through code?

Thanks

[rocky]

How were you wanting to do this? Do you have multiple themes in your themes directory and you want to switch between them or do you want to create a single theme that has multiple themes built in to it? The current theme is specified in config/settings.inc.php:

define('_THEME_NAME_', 'prestashop');

You could try using code like the following at the top of init.php to change the theme depending on the current category:

if (isset($_GET['id_category']) AND $GET['id_category'] == 2)
   define('_THEME_NAME_', 'category2');
if (isset($_GET['id_category']) AND $GET['id_category'] == 3)
   define('_THEME_NAME_', 'category3');

This code would make category 2 read themes/category2 and category 3 read themes/category3. Any other page will display the original theme in settings.inc.php.

Let me know if this is what you want or whether you want all category themes integrated into a single Prestashop theme.

[Mr.Z]

Thanks rocky, That's exact what i need. But it didn't work because the init.php is included after the config.inc.php, that is where the theme dirs and images are set, plus constants can't be redefined, so once the _THEME_NAME_ is in the settings.inc.php i can't change it anymore.

So, until now i couldn't think any solution to do that. =(
any clue?

[rocky]

Can you comment out the theme name definition in config.inc.php and then use the following?

if (isset($_GET['id_category']) AND $GET['id_category'] == 2)
   define('_THEME_NAME_', 'category2');
elseif (isset($_GET['id_category']) AND $GET['id_category'] == 3)
   define('_THEME_NAME_', 'category3'); 
else
   define('_THEME_NAME_', 'default');

[Mr.Z]

Yes, but as you said, only for category pages.
I have implemented a "cookie read" to set the _THEME_NAME_ and trough produtct.php and category.php i set a cookie with right theme name. =)

Thanks.

[shake]

Mr.Z any chance you can post how you did this please.

cheers

[Timpet]

the abov could be used with google website optimzer calling the URL something like www.your-shop.com/index.php?theme=1 and for a new theme variation www.your-shop.com/index.php?theme=2 and then perhaps use .htaccess for a rewrite of it to make in pretty.