wpsc_start_category_query loop problem

lord_dev
(@lord_dev)

13 years, 5 months ago

Hey

I am looping wpsc_start_category_query on the homepage of my website so that I can show all the categories in my store. This works fine.

However, I cannot assign logic or numbers to each individual category being dispaly. For example, I would like every fourth image to be assigned with ‘class=”last-cateogry”‘ so I can set unique margins for the last category in the column.

You can usually do this by using a simple conditional statements:

<?php if($i == 4){div class='last-category'>CONTENT HERE</div>} ?>

However, this does not work (I presume being its not wrapped in a for each or while loop).

Any help appreciated, thanks!

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/

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pixaque
(@pixaque)

13 years, 5 months ago

I do want same functionality. But I didn’t find any solution anywhere. Please let me know if you have done it.

Thank you.

pixaque
(@pixaque)

13 years, 5 months ago

lord_dev,

I found this code may be help full to you.

<?php wpsc_start_category_query(array(‘category_group’=> get_option(‘wpsc_default_category’), ‘show_thumbnails’=> 1)); ?>
” class=”wpsc_category_grid_item <?php wpsc_print_category_classes_section(); ?>” title=”<?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?>”>
<?php wpsc_print_category_image(get_option(‘category_image_width’),get_option(‘category_image_height’)); ?>

<?php wpsc_print_subcategory(“”, “”); ?>
<?php wpsc_end_category_query(); ?>

you can find it here.

http://docs.getshopped.org/documentation/wpsc_end_category_query/

Thank you.
pixaque

Thread Starter lord_dev
(@lord_dev)

13 years, 5 months ago

Hi Pixaque,

Thanks for the input.

Unfortunately wpsc_print_category_classes_section(); does not print anything (maybe this is a bug?) Even if it did work, I doubt its much use – if my client deletes a category or moves the order then the styling will be irrelevant.

I have something slightly helpful – wpsc_print_category_id() – this just prints the category ID so you can style classes uniquely. However, same problem – if my client deletes or moves the order of the categories then this functionality is pointless.

I would really like a proper indexed solution. Does anyone know how to display all the Categories with a For Each or While loop?

Thanks

pixaque
(@pixaque)

13 years, 5 months ago

Yes you are correct I am also looking for this solution.

Thank you.
Thread Starter lord_dev
(@lord_dev)

13 years, 5 months ago
UPDATE: I’ve found a way of looping the Categories by using the get_terms() function. Unfortunately I can only get the Category Titles to loop. Anyone have any idea how to get images and links via a get_terms loop?
```
$terms = get_terms("wpsc_product_category","hide_empty=0&parent=0", OBJECT, "display")

    foreach ($terms as $term) {
        $i++;
    	$term_list .= '<a href="/term-base/' . $term->slug . '" title="' . sprintf(__('View all post filed under %s', 'my_localization_domain'), $term->name) . '">' . $term->name . '</a>';
    	if ($count != $i) $term_list .= ' &middot; '; else $term_list .= '</p>';
    }
    echo $term_list;
```
yosukehasumi
(@yosukehasumi)

13 years, 3 months ago
bump, I’d be interested in this also. I’ve been poking around the category.functions.php file and I can see the reason that we’re not able to use any kind of simple variable is because the function does a single DB call and outputs all of the HTML by the time it even gets into our hands… Simply speaking this isn’t a loop at all, just a very elaborate database query.

I’ve been able to bring out a post count in plain HTML but for my application I need to figure out how to get a PHP variable in my hands so that I can split my output into two sections a TOP and BOTTOM output (if that makes sense).

If your simply looking for an HTML output you can create a new function in “wpsc-includes/category.functions.php”:
```
/**
* wpsc print category count function
* places the shortcode for the category count
*/
function wpsc_print_category_count(){
	echo "[wpsc_print_category_count]";
}
```
On line 266-ish add a key to the foreach:
foreach((array)$category_data as $count => $category_row) {

Add the shortcode and replacement value into the output on line 362-ish:
```
// get the list of products associated with this category.
		$tags_to_replace = array('[wpsc_category_name]',
		'[wpsc_category_description]',
		'[wpsc_category_url]',
		'[wpsc_category_id]',
		'[wpsc_category_classes]',
		'[wpsc_category_image]',
		'[wpsc_subcategory]',
		'[wpsc_category_products_count]',
		'[wpsc_print_category_count]');

		$content_to_place = array(
		esc_html($category_row->name),
		$category_description,
		esc_url( get_term_link( $category_row->slug, 'wpsc_product_category' ) ),
		$category_row->term_id,
		$category_classes,
		$category_image_html,
		$sub_categories,
		$category_count_html,
		$count);
```
Then you could just call it using something like:
<?php wpsc_print_category_count(); ?>
yosukehasumi
(@yosukehasumi)

13 years, 3 months ago

<div class="category-count-<?php wpsc_print_category_count(); ?>">

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