[ARW VISIONS]

ok I got it working.

I placed this code:
$cat_order_by = func_query_first_cell("select order_by from $sql_tbl[categories] where categoryid = '$cat'");
$smarty->assign("cat_order_by",$cat_order_by);

just below this code:
$main = "product";
$smarty->assign("main",$main);

I now get this

category: 249
parent: 0
order_by: 10