Customize block categories

[kpl]

Lets assume I have a category tree four or more levels deep:

 

Level 1 - root

Level 2 - main categories

Level 3,4... - subcats

 

What I want to achieve is to have category tree displayed in this way:

 

Level 1 - no category block displayed (done)

Level 2 - show selected main category full tree

Level 3,4... - show the same as level 2 - selected main category full tree

 

What I know is that I have to modify blockategories.php file ad play with lines 184-190 to make it work. The problem I have is propably simple - instead of current or nearest parent category id, I should pass the value of Level 2 parent category id. But I don't know how to get this id...

 

For the time being, I made it in the worst possible, non flexible way:

 

if($category->id=='9' || $category->id=='10' || $category->id=='11' || $category->id=='36') {
                    $category->id_parent=3;
                }

 

So this works only as long, as current category structure is kept.

I need flexible solution for assigning correct " $category->id_parent=???".

 

Thanks in advance!

[polosat]

Try something like this:

foreach ($category->getParentsCategories() as $cat)
{
     if($cat['level_depth'] == 2)
     {
         $id_parent = $cat['id_category'];
         break;
     }
}

[andredutton]

Ola,

Sou novo na área de desenvolvimento web, e leigo em relação ao presta shop.

a minha duvida e se existe algum recurso ou modulo em que eu possa cadastrar sub produtos dentro de um único item.

Vou me expressar melhor:

Exemplo: http://www.pitocopecas.com.br/

quando clico em um item, aparece mais sub produtos.

[kpl]

Thanks polosat, it looks, likie it's a good direction, but it didn't solve problem - it works only for this depth - what would you reccomend to make it work for deeper levels?

[polosat]

What levels do you mean? That code returns a level 2 parent for any category.
$category is a category object that you already have, $id_parent is a result that you can use later.

I used $id_parent as a result in the previous code for illustration, try this one instead:

foreach ($category->getParentsCategories() as $cat)
{
     if($cat['level_depth'] == 2)
     {
         $category->id_parent = $cat['id_category'];
         break;
     }
}