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The answer is my last post in this thread.
Good day!
I am new to VirtueMart. So far it has done everything I wanted to and more! It really is a great component. Props to the guys who made and maintain it :)
Now, I found this piece of code on another forum which lets you show the category page as a list layout such as in Excel:
<?php
/**
*
* Show the products in a category
*
* @package VirtueMart
* @subpackage
* @author RolandD
* @author Max Milbers
* @todo add pagination
* @link http://www.virtuemart.net
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2004 - 2010 VirtueMart Team. All rights reserved.
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
* VirtueMart is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
* other free or open source software licenses.
* @version $Id: default.php 6053 2012-06-05 12:36:21Z Milbo $
*/
//vmdebug('$this->category',$this->category);
vmdebug('$this->category '.$this->category->category_name);
// Check to ensure this file is included in Joomla!
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JHTML::_( 'behavior.modal' );
/* javascript for list Slide
Only here for the order list
can be changed by the template maker
*/
$js = "
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
jQuery('.orderlistcontainer').hover(
function() { jQuery(this).find('.orderlist').stop().show()},
function() { jQuery(this).find('.orderlist').stop().hide()}
)
});
";
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addScriptDeclaration($js);
/*$edit_link = '';
if(!class_exists('Permissions')) require(JPATH_VM_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'helpers'.DS.'permissions.php');
if (Permissions::getInstance()->check("admin,storeadmin")) {
$edit_link = '<a href="'.JURI::root().'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&tmpl=component&view=category&task=edit&virtuemart_category_id='.$this->category->virtuemart_category_id.'">
'.JHTML::_('image', 'images/M_images/edit.png', JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_FORM_EDIT_PRODUCT'), array('width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'border' => 0)).'</a>';
}
echo $edit_link; */
if ( empty($this->keyword) ) {
?>
<div class="category_description">
<?php echo $this->category->category_description ; ?>
</div>
<?php
}
/* Show child categories */
if ( VmConfig::get('showCategory',1) and empty($this->keyword)) {
if ($this->category->haschildren) {
// Category and Columns Counter
$iCol = 1;
$iCategory = 1;
// Calculating Categories Per Row
$categories_per_row = VmConfig::get ( 'categories_per_row', 3 );
$category_cellwidth = ' width'.floor ( 100 / $categories_per_row );
// Separator
$verticalseparator = " vertical-separator";
?>
<div class="category-view">
<?php // Start the Output
if(!empty($this->category->children)){
foreach ( $this->category->children as $category ) {
// Show the horizontal seperator
if ($iCol == 1 && $iCategory > $categories_per_row) { ?>
<div class="horizontal-separator"></div>
<?php }
// this is an indicator wether a row needs to be opened or not
if ($iCol == 1) { ?>
<div class="row">
<?php }
// Show the vertical seperator
if ($iCategory == $categories_per_row or $iCategory % $categories_per_row == 0) {
$show_vertical_separator = ' ';
} else {
$show_vertical_separator = $verticalseparator;
}
// Category Link
$caturl = JRoute::_ ( 'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=' . $category->virtuemart_category_id );
// Show Category ?>
<div class="category floatleft<?php echo $category_cellwidth . $show_vertical_separator ?>">
<div class="spacer">
<h2>
<a href="<?php echo $caturl ?>" title="<?php echo $category->category_name ?>">
<?php echo $category->category_name ?>
<br />
<?php // if ($category->ids) {
echo $category->images[0]->displayMediaThumb("",false);
//} ?>
</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div>
<?php
$iCategory ++;
// Do we need to close the current row now?
if ($iCol == $categories_per_row) { ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php
$iCol = 1;
} else {
$iCol ++;
}
}
}
// Do we need a final closing row tag?
if ($iCol != 1) { ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php }
}
?>
<div class="browse-view">
<?php
if (!empty($this->keyword)) {
?>
<h3><?php echo $this->keyword; ?></h3>
<?php
} ?>
<?php if ($this->search !==null ) { ?>
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&limitstart=0&virtuemart_category_id='.$this->category->virtuemart_category_id ); ?>" method="get">
<!--BEGIN Search Box --><div class="virtuemart_search">
<?php echo $this->searchcustom ?>
<br />
<?php echo $this->searchcustomvalues ?>
<input name="keyword" class="inputbox" type="text" size="20" value="<?php echo $this->keyword ?>" />
<input type="submit" value="<?php echo JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_SEARCH') ?>" class="button" onclick="this.form.keyword.focus();"/>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="search" value="true" />
<input type="hidden" name="view" value="category" />
</form>
<!-- End Search Box -->
<?php } ?>
<?php // Show child categories
if (!empty($this->products)) {
?>
<div class="orderby-displaynumber">
<div class="width70 floatleft">
<?php echo $this->orderByList['orderby']; ?>
</div>
<div class="width30 floatright display-number"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getResultsCounter();?><br/><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getLimitBox(); ?></div>
<div class="vm-pagination">
<?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
<span style="float:right"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesCounter(); ?></span>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div> <!-- end of orderby-displaynumber -->
<h1><?php echo $this->category->category_name; ?></h1>
<?php
// Category and Columns Counter
$iBrowseCol = 1;
$iBrowseProduct = 1;
// Calculating Products Per Row
$BrowseProducts_per_row = $this->perRow;
$Browsecellwidth = ' width'.floor ( 100 / $BrowseProducts_per_row );
// Separator
$verticalseparator = " vertical-separator";
// Count products
$BrowseTotalProducts = 0;
foreach ( $this->products as $product ) {
$BrowseTotalProducts ++;
}
?>
<table class="orders">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th> Product Details </th>
<th> Add to Cart </th>
</tr>
<?php
// Start the Output
foreach ( $this->products as $product ) {
// Show the horizontal seperator
if ($iBrowseCol == 1 && $iBrowseProduct > $BrowseProducts_per_row) { ?>
<div class="horizontal-separator"></div>
<?php }
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo JHTML::link($product->link, $product->product_name); ?></td>
<td><?php // Product Short Description
echo shopFunctionsF::limitStringByWord($product->product_s_desc, 40, '...') ?>
</td>
<td><?php echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv('basePrice','COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE',$product->prices); ?> </td>
<td><?php // Product Details Button
echo JHTML::link($product->link, JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_DETAILS'), array('title' => $product->product_name,'class' => 'product-details'));
?></td>
<td>
<form method="post" class="product" action="index.php" id="addtocartproduct<?php echo $product->virtuemart_product_id ?>">
<div class="addtocart-bar">
<?php echo $this->product->virtuemart_product_id;?>
<span class="quantity-box">
<input type="text" class="quantity-input" name="quantity[]" value="1" />
</span>
<span class="quantity-controls">
<input type="button" class="quantity-controls quantity-plus" />
<input type="button" class="quantity-controls quantity-minus" />
</span>
<?php // Display the quantity box END ?>
<?php // Add the button
$button_lbl = JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO');
$button_cls = ''; //$button_cls = 'addtocart_button';
if (VmConfig::get('check_stock') == '1' && !$this->product->product_in_stock) {
$button_lbl = JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_NOTIFY');
$button_cls = 'notify-button';
} ?>
<?php // Display the add to cart button ?>
<span class="addtocart-button">
<input type="submit" name="addtocart" class="addtocart-button" value="<?php echo $button_lbl ?>" title="<?php echo $button_lbl ?>" />
</span>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php // Display the add to cart button END ?>
<input type="hidden" class="pname" value="<?php echo $product->product_name ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_virtuemart" />
<input type="hidden" name="view" value="cart" />
<noscript><input type="hidden" name="task" value="add" /></noscript>
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_product_id[]" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_product_id ?>" />
<?php /** @todo Handle the manufacturer view */ ?>
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_manufacturer_id" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_manufacturer_id ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_category_id[]" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_category_id ?>" />
</form>
</td>
</tr>
<?php }
} // end of foreach ( $this->products as $product )
?>
</table></div><!-- end browse-view -->
Now, that is all working well and showing as it should on my website. However, I have one question:
How can I add the custom fields to also be in the list (row)?
I know normally you have to click on the product itself to open it and only then you will see the values of the custom fields for each product.
I have a few extra fields I have to enter such as "Expiry Date", "Batch Number" etc. Currently I can't find a way to also show them in this list format.
Thank you for reading and I appreciate any help :)
Other topic: https://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=104825.0
echo out the $product within the loop to see where the custom fields are ..
they are an array that will also need a loop to extract each one
Thanks for the reply GJC.
I figured out how to add the custom fields using a new layout. I will post my code below.
<?php
/**
*
* Show the products in a category
*
* @package VirtueMart
* @subpackage
* @author RolandD
* @author Max Milbers
* @todo add pagination
* @link http://www.virtuemart.net
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2004 - 2010 VirtueMart Team. All rights reserved.
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
* VirtueMart is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
* other free or open source software licenses.
* @version $Id: default.php 6053 2012-06-05 12:36:21Z Milbo $
*/
//vmdebug('$this->category',$this->category);
vmdebug('$this->category '.$this->category->category_name);
// Check to ensure this file is included in Joomla!
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JHTML::_( 'behavior.modal' );
/* javascript for list Slide
Only here for the order list
can be changed by the template maker
*/
$js = "
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
jQuery('.orderlistcontainer').hover(
function() { jQuery(this).find('.orderlist').stop().show()},
function() { jQuery(this).find('.orderlist').stop().hide()}
)
});
";
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addScriptDeclaration($js);
/*$edit_link = '';
if(!class_exists('Permissions')) require(JPATH_VM_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'helpers'.DS.'permissions.php');
if (Permissions::getInstance()->check("admin,storeadmin")) {
$edit_link = '<a href="'.JURI::root().'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&tmpl=component&view=category&task=edit&virtuemart_category_id='.$this->category->virtuemart_category_id.'">
'.JHTML::_('image', 'images/M_images/edit.png', JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_FORM_EDIT_PRODUCT'), array('width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'border' => 0)).'</a>';
}
echo $edit_link; */
if ( empty($this->keyword) ) {
?>
<div class="category_description">
<?php echo $this->category->category_description ; ?>
</div>
<?php
}
/* Show child categories */
if ( VmConfig::get('showCategory',1) and empty($this->keyword)) {
if ($this->category->haschildren) {
// Category and Columns Counter
$iCol = 1;
$iCategory = 1;
// Calculating Categories Per Row
$categories_per_row = VmConfig::get ( 'categories_per_row', 3 );
$category_cellwidth = ' width'.floor ( 100 / $categories_per_row );
// Separator
$verticalseparator = " vertical-separator";
?>
<div class="category-view">
<?php // Start the Output
if(!empty($this->category->children)){
foreach ( $this->category->children as $category ) {
// Show the horizontal seperator
if ($iCol == 1 && $iCategory > $categories_per_row) { ?>
<div class="horizontal-separator"></div>
<?php }
// this is an indicator wether a row needs to be opened or not
if ($iCol == 1) { ?>
<div class="row">
<?php }
// Show the vertical seperator
if ($iCategory == $categories_per_row or $iCategory % $categories_per_row == 0) {
$show_vertical_separator = ' ';
} else {
$show_vertical_separator = $verticalseparator;
}
// Category Link
$caturl = JRoute::_ ( 'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=' . $category->virtuemart_category_id );
// Show Category ?>
<div class="category floatleft<?php echo $category_cellwidth . $show_vertical_separator ?>">
<div class="spacer">
<h2>
<a href="<?php echo $caturl ?>" title="<?php echo $category->category_name ?>">
<?php echo $category->category_name ?>
<br />
<?php // if ($category->ids) {
echo $category->images[0]->displayMediaThumb("",false);
//} ?>
</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div>
<?php
$iCategory ++;
// Do we need to close the current row now?
if ($iCol == $categories_per_row) { ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php
$iCol = 1;
} else {
$iCol ++;
}
}
}
// Do we need a final closing row tag?
if ($iCol != 1) { ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php }
}
?>
<div class="browse-view">
<?php
if (!empty($this->keyword)) {
?>
<h3><?php echo $this->keyword; ?></h3>
<?php
} ?>
<?php if ($this->search !==null ) { ?>
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&limitstart=0&virtuemart_category_id='.$this->category->virtuemart_category_id ); ?>" method="get">
<!--BEGIN Search Box --><div class="virtuemart_search">
<?php echo $this->searchcustom ?>
<br />
<?php echo $this->searchcustomvalues ?>
<input name="keyword" class="inputbox" type="text" size="20" value="<?php echo $this->keyword ?>" />
<input type="submit" value="<?php echo JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_SEARCH') ?>" class="button" onclick="this.form.keyword.focus();"/>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="search" value="true" />
<input type="hidden" name="view" value="category" />
</form>
<!-- End Search Box -->
<?php } ?>
<?php // Show child categories
if (!empty($this->products)) {
?>
<div class="orderby-displaynumber">
<div class="width70 floatleft">
<?php echo $this->orderByList['orderby']; ?>
</div>
<div class="width30 floatright display-number"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getResultsCounter();?><br/><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getLimitBox(); ?></div>
<div class="vm-pagination">
<?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
<span style="float:right"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesCounter(); ?></span>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div> <!-- end of orderby-displaynumber -->
<h4><?php echo $this->category->category_name; ?></h4>
<?php
// Category and Columns Counter
$iBrowseCol = 1;
$iBrowseProduct = 1;
// Calculating Products Per Row
$BrowseProducts_per_row = $this->perRow;
$Browsecellwidth = ' width'.floor ( 100 / $BrowseProducts_per_row );
// Separator
$verticalseparator = " vertical-separator";
// Count products
$BrowseTotalProducts = 0;
foreach ( $this->products as $product ) {
$BrowseTotalProducts ++;
}
?>
<table class="orders">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Product Details </th>
<th>Add to Cart</th>
<th>NOTHING</th>
<th>stock-test</th>
</tr>
<?php
// Start the Output
foreach ( $this->products as $product ) {
// Show the horizontal seperator
if ($iBrowseCol == 1 && $iBrowseProduct > $BrowseProducts_per_row) { ?>
<div class="horizontal-separator"></div>
<?php }
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo JHTML::link($product->link, $product->product_name); ?></td>
<td><?php // Product Short Description
echo shopFunctionsF::limitStringByWord($product->product_s_desc, 40, '...') ?>
</td>
<td><?php echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv('basePrice','COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE',$product->prices); ?> </td>
<td><?php // Product Details Button
echo JHTML::link($product->link, JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_DETAILS'), array('title' => $product->product_name,'class' => 'product-details'));
?></td>
<td>
<form method="post" class="product" action="index.php" id="addtocartproduct<?php echo $product->virtuemart_product_id ?>">
<div class="addtocart-bar">
<?php echo $this->product->virtuemart_product_id;?>
<?php // Display the quantity box END ?>
<?php // Add the button
$button_lbl = JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO');
$button_cls = ''; //$button_cls = 'addtocart_button';
if (VmConfig::get('check_stock') == '1' && !$this->product->product_in_stock) {
$button_lbl = JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_NOTIFY');
$button_cls = 'notify-button';
} ?>
<?php // Display the add to cart button ?>
<span class="addtocart-button">
<input type="submit" name="addtocart" class="addtocart-button" value="<?php echo $button_lbl ?>" title="<?php echo $button_lbl ?>" />
</span>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php // Display the add to cart button END ?>
<input type="hidden" class="pname" value="<?php echo $product->product_name ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_virtuemart" />
<input type="hidden" name="view" value="cart" />
<noscript><input type="hidden" name="task" value="add" /></noscript>
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_product_id[]" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_product_id ?>" />
<?php /** @todo Handle the manufacturer view */ ?>
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_manufacturer_id" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_manufacturer_id ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="virtuemart_category_id[]" value="<?php echo $product->virtuemart_category_id ?>" />
</form>
</td>
<td>
<?php
//MY EDIT STARTS HERE
//make a database connection and find the field record that contains the customfield string
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
//please do check in php myadmin how your database table is called and replace it instead of "VM2_virtuemart_product_customfields"
$db->setQuery("SELECT customfield_value FROM jos_virtuemart_product_customfields WHERE virtuemart_product_id=".$product->virtuemart_product_id.";");
$db->query();
$result = $db->loadResult();
echo ($result)
//$result is the custom field output
// if you just need the custom field, you're done. I'll show how I did it to change the custom field to what I have
?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php }
} // end of foreach ( $this->products as $product )
?>
</table></div><!-- end browse-view -->
Honestly after struggling so long I literally forgot to echo the "$result"...
Now I've finally got it working. However, the next step is adding more custom fields and editing the CSS of the layout. Not looking nice currently.
Thanks for the help :)
you'd be better off using the $product object as all the product info is there -
I'll give that a try thanks.
Could you help me with this query?
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
$db->setQuery("SELECT customfield_value FROM jos_virtuemart_product_customfields WHERE virtuemart_product_id=".$product->virtuemart_product_id.";");
$db->query();
Now, this works well and shows the custom fields. HOWEVER, let's say one product has expiry date of 2019. I have two custom fields I need to show. Expiry Date and Batch Number. When I use the above query, BOTH fields are filled with ONLY the Expiry Date even though the second one should be filled with Batch Number.
Does my question make sense?
I've tried this but it won't work:
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
//please do check in php myadmin how your database table is called and replace it instead of "VM2_virtuemart_product_customfields"
$db->setQuery("SELECT customfield_value FROM jos_virtuemart_product_customfields WHERE virtuemart_custom_id=5" AND "SELECT customfield_value FROM jos_virtuemart_product_customfields WHERE virtuemart_product_id=".$product->virtuemart_product_id.";");
$db->query();
$result = $db->loadResult();
echo ($result)
Literally can't figure out how to use two "where" clauses to extract data.
HEY GUYS.
I figured it out! :D
I used this code in my "default.php" file for category view. If you have 4 custom fields, you can copy this code 4 times on your "default.php" or write a loop if you know how (I don't :-[) and simply change the "virtuemart_custom_id" to whatever ID your "Custom Field" has.
<?php
// Get a db connection.
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
// Create a new query object.
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
// Select all records from the user profile table where key begins with "custom.".
// Order it by the ordering field.
$query->select($db->quoteName(array('customfield_value', 'virtuemart_product_id')));
$query->from($db->quoteName('jos_virtuemart_product_customfields'));
$query->where($db->quoteName('virtuemart_custom_id') . ' LIKE '. $db->quote('4'). ' AND '. $db->quoteName('virtuemart_product_id') . 'LIKE ' . $db->quote($product->virtuemart_product_id));
// Reset the query using our newly populated query object.
$db->setQuery($query);
// Load the results as a list of stdClass objects (see later for more options on retrieving data).
$results = $db->loadResult();
echo ($results);
?>
So this will show the "customfield_value" of any "virtuemart_custom_id" for every single product you have.
Thanks for all the help! Was such an easy solution in the end. Just added the second "LIKE" for the "product_id". I was mostly struggling with syntax. Time to get more familiar with PHP I reckon :D
Cheers!
Solved
Yeh ,but this wont work correctly with child products. It is also not cached and you repeat work already done. As I said in the other thread, it is mainly just one line.
$product_model = VmModel::getModel('product');
$product = $product_model->getProduct($virtuemart_product_id,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,$quantity);
$customfieldsModel = VmModel::getModel ('Customfields');
$product->customfields = $customfieldsModel->getCustomEmbeddedProductCustomFields ($product->allIds,0,-1, true);
Hi Milbo.
Thanks for the reply.
I tried your code, however now it's showing only the first product ID's values in the table.
I changed my layout for to show the products in a table format. Now, all the <td> values have the first item's data in them.