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[Eyeglasses Expert]

i am testing x-cart v4.7.
how to get a product root category name at the product page, pls?

[qualiteam]

I think X-Cart 4 doesn't pass information on the product's category to the product page template, so you should tweak product.php first: use the func_get_category_data() function to load information on the category and send it to the template with $smarty->assign('NAME_OF_SMARTY_VARIABLE', $DATA).

[Eyeglasses Expert]

would you pls teach me the details? tks

[cherie]

Originally Posted by qualiteam

I think X-Cart 4 doesn't pass information on the product's category to the product page template, so you should tweak product.php first: use the func_get_category_data() function to load information on the category and send it to the template with $smarty->assign('NAME_OF_SMARTY_VARIABLE', $DATA).

Root category info should be present on all pages as it is used to display category menus.

See how $categories_menu_list is used in customer/categories.tpl.

[PhilJ]

You could get it from the breadcrumb...

{foreach $location item=l name=location}
{assign var="total" value=$l@total}
{if $l@index eq $total - 2}
{assign var="root_category" value=$l.0|amp}
{/if}
{/foreach}

{if $root_category}{$root_category}{/if}