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Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Replace this

Code:

$to_search .= ",IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].category IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category, $sql_tbl[categories].category) as category, IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].description IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description, $sql_tbl[categories].description) as description, $sql_tbl[categories].category as category_name_orig";

with this

Code:

  $to_search .= ",IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].category IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category, $sql_tbl[categories].category) as category, IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].description IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description, $sql_tbl[categories].description) as description, $sql_tbl[categories].category as category_name_orig, $sql_tbl[categories].description as category_descr";

and then in the template call it like this $current_category.category_descr or $category.category_descr or $cat.category_descr and see what happens

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

include/func/func.category.php

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cflsystems

Replace this

Code:

$to_search .= ",IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].category IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category, $sql_tbl[categories].category) as category, IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].description IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description, $sql_tbl[categories].description) as description, $sql_tbl[categories].category as category_name_orig";

with this

Code:

  $to_search .= ",IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].category IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].category, $sql_tbl[categories].category) as category, IF(($sql_tbl[categories_lng].description IS NOT NULL AND $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description != ''), $sql_tbl[categories_lng].description, $sql_tbl[categories].description) as description, $sql_tbl[categories].category as category_name_orig, $sql_tbl[categories].description as category_descr";

and then in the template call it like this $current_category.category_descr or $category.category_descr or $cat.category_descr and see what happens

DER PROGRESS!

Ok, it may not be success, but it's definitely very cool

I tried these three to no avail
$current_category.category_descr
$category.category_descr
$cat.category_descr

But then I realized, that "cat" was the item holding the description.

So I tried
{$cat.category.category_descr}

What you did must have worked somewhat. It loads "something"

http://frozeninksecret.com/tmp/que.gif

Some coincidences... There are 14 Categories that it loads, and fourteen 14 Images.

Whatever {$cat.category.category_descr} pulls is 14 Characters. So what I'm thinking is that it's pulling one letter of something from the DB.

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley

include/func/func.category.php

I'm sorry. I meant where in func.category.php -_-

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Oh wait... No, it doesn't matter what I put after $cat.category.whatever it'll always pull up those fourteen characters. Nevermind. -_-

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

$cat.category.something will not work. With the code in your first post you have to use $cat.category_descr.

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cflsystems

$cat.category.something will not work. With the code in your first post you have to use $cat.category_descr.

Ok, a couple more testing. When I use $cat.categoryid it does pull up the IDs however $cat.category_descr does not work after I placed the code. Although when I placed the code, the website functioned but Search and Checkout didn't work.

This is really a head scratcher it is, thanks for all of your help so far, it's much appreciated.

Ashley --> I added the code to func.php (tested both solutions separately and together) but it also doesn't seem to be pulling anything from $cat.description

I also tried changing the [category] to [category_lng] just in case it might be asking for a different database.

No such luck -_-

Re: $cat.category..........desc?

Though I don't know exactly what script you're needing, take a look at this post
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=41665&page=2 post #17, and you'll find
{$current_category.description}