udm_cat_path

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5, PECL mnogosearch >= 1.0.0)

udm_cat_path — Get the path to the current category

Description

array udm_cat_path ( resource $agent , string $category )

Returns an array describing the path in the categories tree from the tree root to the current one, specified by category.

Parameters

agent

A link to Agent, received after call to udm_alloc_agent().

category

Return Values

The returned array consists of pairs. Elements with even index numbers contain the category paths, odd elements contain the corresponding category names.

For example, the call $array=udm_cat_path($agent, '02031D'); may return the following array:

 $array[0] will contain ''
 $array[1] will contain 'Root'
 $array[2] will contain '02'
 $array[3] will contain 'Sport'
 $array[4] will contain '0203'
 $array[5] will contain 'Auto'
 $array[4] will contain '02031D'
 $array[5] will contain 'Ferrari'

Examples

Example #1 Specifying path to the current category in the following format: '> Root > Sport > Auto > Ferrari'

<?php
  $cat_path_arr = udm_cat_path($udm_agent, $cat);
  $cat_path = '';
  for ($i=0; $i<count($cat_path_arr); $i+=2) {
    $path = $cat_path_arr[$i];
    $name = $cat_path_arr[$i+1];
    $cat_path .= " > <a href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?cat=$path\">$name</a> ";
  }
?>

See Also

• udm_cat_list() - Get all the categories on the same level with the current one