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#9954

mod_custom category name 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago

Greetings from Australia,

Thank you for your work, I am using Sourcerer.
I am hoping someone can help me.

I have 12 categories published as blogs linked via menu buttons.
I want to make 1 header template file using php that will print the category name.

I tried to use mod_custom add place it on each of the menu items, but I can not seem to retrieve the category name.

I have used this code:

{source}<?php global $Catid; ?>
<?php echo $category->title; ?>{/source}

Any suggetions?

Again thank you
Rick

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#9959

Re: mod_custom category name 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago

The category name is not stored in the global variables. Also the $catid may not be present as global.
So you'll have to grab the catid from the url and do a database search for the title. try:

{source}<?php
$view = JRequest::getCmd( 'view' );
$id = JRequest::getInt( 'id' );
if ( $view == 'category' && $id ) {
	$query = "
		SELECT title FROM #__categories
		WHERE id = ".(int) $id."
		LIMIT 1;
	";
	$database->setQuery( $query );
	$category = $database->loadResult();
	echo '<h1>'.$category.'</h1>';
}
?>{/source}

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#9963

Re: mod_custom category name SOLVED 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago
Hello, Thank you for the quick reply... You sir are the master, and I am but a grasshopper. I'm sorry for the small donation, I would give more if I could. I only hope you receive enough for your good work. Thank you Peter.

Rick Conn

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#9964

Re: mod_custom category name SOLVED 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago
No problem Rick Thanks you very much for the donation!

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