Changing category of homefeatured in 1.5

[vanillafrog]

Hi all!

 

I want to change the homefeatured module so that it doesn't show products from just "home" category, but "Accessories" category.

 

I've looked around the forums and found out so far that we have to change this line in homefeatured.php, 1 bring the ID of the category:

 

$products = $category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 10));

 

to

 

$products = $category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 37, ($nb ? $nb : 10));

 

It's not working for me though. When I change it to 37, it states "no featured products", when I already have 2 products in Accessories. Am I missing something in 1.5?

 

Thank you in advance!!

Edited September 23, 2012 by vanillafrog (see edit history)

[Metang]

same question here. someone please help

[Médéric]

hi

 

you can change this line in the .php just before $products:

 

$category = new Category(ID_OF_YOUR_CATEGORY, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);

 

woks for me with 1.5

regards

[vanillafrog]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Mederic!!! Tried it and it works!

 

No need to change the category number at $products. Just changing the line above will do.

[patrizia.vergassola]

hi

 

you can change this line in the .php just before $products:

 

$category = new Category(ID_OF_YOUR_CATEGORY, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);

 

woks for me with 1.5

regards

 

And if I wanna show products from all the categories?

 

Thanks!

Patrizia

[aljon1234]

How can i combine 2 categories to show up?

 

for example

 

$category = new Category(ID_OF_YOUR_CATEGORY1, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id); +

$category = new Category(ID_OF_YOUR_CATEGORY2, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);

[vekia]

you can do it in two ways,

duplicate categories as a separate variables, then use two foreach loops on these variables in .tpl file.

 

or just you can use array_merge() code to merge two $category1->getProducts() and $category2->getProducts() functions results

[aljon1234]

Thanks Vekia, i used array merge and it work fine with

[vekia]

nice

i think this is the best option instead of several foreach loops.

in addition, we can shuffle() merged variable to products will appear randomly

[Detelin Markov]

Hi,

 

I try patrizia.vergassola way but not working for me presta 1.5.6.2 or i make something wrong? I try to show products from category 5 but still loading default products..

			$category = new Category(5, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
			$nb = (int)Configuration::get('HOME_FEATURED_NBR');
			$products = $category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8));

			$this->smarty->assign(array(
				'products' => $products,

Or can be possible to set up several products that show up instead category?

 

Thanks

Edited March 3, 2014 by Detelin Markov (see edit history)

[aljon1234]

Hi,

 

I try patrizia.vergassola way but not working for me presta 1.5.6.2 or i make something wrong? I try to show products from category 5 but still loading default products..

			$category = new Category(5, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
			$nb = (int)Configuration::get('HOME_FEATURED_NBR');
			$products = $category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8));

			$this->smarty->assign(array(
				'products' => $products,

Or can be possible to set up several products that show up instead category?

 

Thanks

 

Did you check if category 5 really exist? maybe you are calling the wrong id number in the database of the category

[vekia]

it can be related to ... cache. homefeatured module uses cache engine (for performance purposes)

so after each core change (functions related to products) it's necessary to clear it

 

maybe this is the main problem

[Detelin Markov]

After two times clear the cache problem is solved. Just need to clear the cache, thank you!

[Orhion.ro]

you can do it in two ways,

duplicate categories as a separate variables, then use two foreach loops on these variables in .tpl file.

 

or just you can use array_merge() code to merge two $category1->getProducts() and $category2->getProducts() functions results

Hi vekia,

Can you give me the exact code for this option?

[vekia]

Hi vekia,

Can you give me the exact code for this option?

 

 

here it is:

$cat=$category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");
$cat1=$category1->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");
         
$products = array_merge($cat,$cat1) ;

don't forget to define $category and $category1 objects with categories you want to display.

[Orhion.ro]

this worked for me

		$category = new Category(8, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
		$category1 = new Category(9, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
		$category2 = new Category(10, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
		$category3 = new Category(11, (int)Context::getContext()->language->id);
		$nb = (int)(Configuration::get('HOME_FEATURED_NBR'));
		$products = $category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 10));
		$cat=$category->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");

$cat1=$category1->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");

$cat2=$category2->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");

$cat3=$category3->getProducts((int)Context::getContext()->language->id, 1, ($nb ? $nb : 8), "position");

         
$products = array_merge($cat,$cat1,$cat2,$cat3) ;

In the module i set to display 3 products, and on my homepage, it shows 12 products( 3 products x 4 categories selected)

 

 Thank you Vekia

Edited May 12, 2014 by Orhion.ro (see edit history)