Traversing A Variable Depth Multidimensional Array!

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

Se post #8.

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Hi, I'm trying to get a simple list of the names and id:s of subcategories for use in a custom menu.

I've tried this:

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...
</pre>
<ul>
{foreach from=$subcategories item=subcategory}
getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$subcategory.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{/foreach}
</ul>
<br>..

Though it won't work unless it's included in category.tpl but I need this menu in new-products.tpl and prices-drop.tpl as well, might be a few more pages later on. I guess it's because CategoryControllerCore class is only availible in category.tpl...
Is there any simple way to do this that I've overlooked.

The custom menu is in a file called prod-menu.tpl which I include when necessary in other tpl-files, maybe I should put it elsewhere?

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I would prefer to get the subcategories in alphabetic order...

[jackysouer]

its working for me now, thnx
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[VuoriLiikaluoma]

Thanks for the links angora... The last one was just what I needed.

For future reference, here is the code I used to get it to work:

modules/blockcategories/blockcategories.tpl

{l s="Sortiment" mod="blockcategories"}

{foreach from=$blockCategTree.children item=child name=blockCategTree}
{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child}
{/foreach}

modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl

{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

I put {$HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN} which I wasn't using for anything in my prod-menu.tpl file and hooked blockcategories module on it.

prod-menu.tpl

{l s="Se våra"}

{l s="Specialpris"}
{l s="Nyheter"}


{$HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN}

css for prod-menu.tpl

#Group1, #Group2
{
margin:20px;
padding:20px;
}

#Group1
{
background-color:#FFDDDD;
}

#Group2
{
background-color:#DDDDDD;
}

#Group1 h2, #Group2 h2
{
font-size:20px;
}

#Group1 li, #Group2 li
{
padding:10px 0 0 10px;
}

Attached a preview... The text is in Swedish and says "Se our", "Special Prices", "News (New Products)" and "Assortment (Catalog)" respectively.

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

For sub-sub-categories etc... add the following to the end of:
modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl

{if $node.children|@count > 0}
{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}
{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child}
{/foreach}
{/if}

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

What I want is the entire tree of sub, sub-sub, sub-sub-sub, etc... categories to be alphabetized in one long ul list. The use of sub-sub and deeper categories is purely administrative.

Currently I have a category list like this:

Category 1
Category 2
--Category 4
Category 5
Category 3

I tried the ##.Name technique but that didn't work, and the numbers became visible on the page.

I was thinking one might be able to add some code to blockcategories.php to sort the array(s) before returning them, but that code is way to weird for me. I can't figure out what is what in there.

This is the code I have now:

blockcategories.tpl:

{if empty($HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN)}

{l s="Sortiment" mod="blockcategories"}

{foreach from=$blockCategTree.children item=child name=blockCategTree}
{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child}
{/foreach}


{elseif empty($HOOK_RIGHT_COLUMN)}

{l s="Sortiment" mod="blockcategories"}

{foreach from=$blockCategTree.children item=child name=blockCategTree}
{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child}
{/foreach}


{/if}

category-tree-branch.tpl:

{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{if $node.children|@count > 0}
{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}
{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child}
{/foreach}
{/if}

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

bump.......

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

Well I sort of figured it out, though it rather ugly code... I'm not really good with smarty...
The bottom part also splits it into three columns.

I'd be grateful if someone figures out a way to shorten the $arr array generation.

blockcategories.tpl

{$arr = array()}
{foreach from=$blockCategTree.children item=child}
{if $child.children}
{foreach from=$child.children item=child2}
{if $child2.children}
{foreach from=$child2.children item=child3}
{if $child3.children}
{foreach from=$child3.children item=child4}
{if $child4.children}
{foreach from=$child4.children item=child5}
{if $child5.children}
{foreach from=$child5.children item=child6}
{if $child6.children}
{foreach from=$child6.children item=child7}
{if $child7.children}
{foreach from=$child7.children item=child8}
{if $child8.children}
{foreach from=$child8.children item=child9}
{if $child9.children}
{foreach from=$child9.children item=child10}
{$arr[$child10.id] = $child10.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child9.id] = $child9.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child8.id] = $child8.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child7.id] = $child7.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child6.id] = $child6.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child5.id] = $child5.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child4.id] = $child4.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child3.id] = $child3.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child2.id] = $child2.name}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{$arr[$child.id] = $child.name}
{/foreach}
{$list = array()}
{foreach from=$arr key=key item=value}
{if $key != 6}
{$list[$key] = $value}
{/if}
{/foreach}
{if empty($HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN)}

{l s="Sortiment" mod="blockcategories"}

{if $list|@natcasesort}
{foreach from=$list key=id item=name}
{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{/foreach}
{/if}


{elseif empty($HOOK_RIGHT_COLUMN)}

{l s="Sortiment" mod="blockcategories"}
{$var = count($list)}
{$col3 = ( ( $var - ( $var % 3 ) ) / 3 )}
{$rest = $var % 3}
{if $rest > 0}
{$col1 = $col3 + 1}
{$col2 = $col3}
{if $rest == 2}
{$col2 = $col1}
{/if}
{else}
{$col1 = $col3}
{$col2 = $col3}
{/if}
{if $list|@natcasesort}
{$i = 0}
{foreach from=$list key=id item=name}
{if $i == 0}

{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{elseif $i == $col1 - 1}
{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

{elseif $i == $col1}

{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{elseif $i == $col1 + $col2 - 1}
{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

{elseif $i == $col1 + $col2}

{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{elseif $i == $col1 + $col2 + $col3 - 1}
{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

{else}
{$name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{/if}
{$i = $i + 1}
{/foreach}
{/if}

{/if}

[VuoriLiikaluoma]

As you can see in post #7 I sort of figured it out, though It'll require me to make enough foreach loops to cover any possible depth we might use. So if anyone has some knowledge on the subject please help.