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[Sunbreaks]

Hi there,

I'd like to have some very simple dropdown menus, but I'm stuck. So far the dropdowns are being created correctly, but I can't get them to list the subcategories as the options. Here's my code:

{capture name=menu}

<form name="side_searchform" action="saunders_search.php?cat={$catid}" method="post">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
{foreach from=$subcategories item=c key=catid}
    {if $c.category}
        {assign var="tmp" value="1"}
    {/if}
    <tr><td>
    <select name="{$c.category}">
    {if $subcategories}
        {foreach from=$subcategories item=subcat}
            {if $tmp and $first_subcat ne "Y"}
                {assign var="first_subcat" value="Y"}
            {/if}
            <option value="{ $subcat.category|escape }">{ $subcat.category|escape }
        {/foreach}
    {/if}
    </select>
    <input type=submit value="GO">
    </td></tr>
{/foreach}
</table>
</form>
{/capture}
{ include file="saunders_menu.tpl" menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu}

And here's what it looks like:
http://forum.x-cart.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1598&stc=1&d=124839039 5
As you can see, the dropdown options are exactly the same as the main categories, rather than listing the subcategories.

Can someone please tell me how to get the option values to get down into my subcategories?

Thanks very much!
Sunbreaks

[Victor D]

Do you want to dispay subcategories of the current category or All the categories of your store?

[Sunbreaks]

It is correctly showing the main categories as the select, but then I need it to show the subcategories of each in the option area of the drop down menu. Does that make sense?

[Sunbreaks]

Hi there - still waiting to hear if anyone has a suggestion on this. Anyone?

Thanks,
Sunbreaks

[Victor D]

$subcategories is actually the subcategories of the current category, try $all_categories instead

[Sunbreaks]

Thank you so much for the reply! I tried substituting $all_categories but I don't know exactly how to insert it in my code. Right now when I try using it nothing shows up. Of course this is harder because I want all categories and their subcategories to show on all pages, including the search results page. Can you offer any more advice?

Thanks again,
Sunbreaks

[ARW VISIONS]

I think you will need to add some code to the php in order to get this accomplished.