multiple images in the category view

[caesarsk]

Hi all,

in older versions of VM I had made showing second image in the category view.
code:

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if(isset($product->images[1])){
echo $product->images[0]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductImage MoreImg"', false);
echo $product->images[1]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductSecondImage"', false);
} else {
echo $product->images[0]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductImage theOne"', false);
}

but in new versions this code not working. $product->images return only one image.

my question.
$product->virtuemart_media_id return all media resorces. But how should I do this so that the function displayMediaThumb returns a thumb link?
I try luck with $product->virtuemart_media_id[1]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductSecondImage"', false);, but this no work.

I know how to make it "drastically", but I'd like to have it sorted out nicely. If it does.

any idea?

[caesarsk]

here is not nice solution, but for me is quick and works.
1. override template com_virtuemart/sublayouts/products.php
2. paste function on beginning of the file (function return link to thumb of second image):

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function secondImage ($id_1,$file_0_title,$thumb_path,$thumb_0_title){
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query
->select($db->quoteName('file_title'))
->from($db->quoteName('#__virtuemart_medias'))
->where($db->quoteName('virtuemart_media_id') . " = '" . $id_1 . "'")
->setLimit('1');
$db->setQuery($query);
$result = $db->loadResult();

$explode_title_0 = explode('.',$file_0_title);
$suffix = str_replace($explode_title_0[0],"",$thumb_0_title);
$explode_title_1 = explode('.',$result);

$link_1 = $thumb_path . $explode_title_1[0] . $suffix . '.' . $explode_title_1[1];
return($link_1);
}


3. add <img src=""> tag, for example like this:

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// this is original VM thumb
echo $product->images[0]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductImage"', false);

// this is second image
echo '<img src="'. secondImage($product->virtuemart_media_id[1],$product->images[0]->file_title,$product->images[0]->file_url_folder_thumb,$product->images[0]->file_name_thumb) . '" class="browseProductSecondImage">';


[Studio 42]

You can use VM core, add in your file JOOMLAROOT\administrator\components\com_virtuemart\virtuemart.cfg
prodimg_browse=2

then 2 images are loaded and you can use
                  <?php
                  echo $product->images[0]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductImage"', false);
                  ?>
                  <?php
                  if(!empty($product->images[1] ))
                     echo $product->images[1]->displayMediaThumb('class="browseProductImage"', false);
                  ?>

[caesarsk]

yop, this is elegant solution. but update rewrite this, right?

[Studio 42]

No, if you do an overrdie in your template folder, then the PHP code is not modified on Virtuemart Update.
virtuemart.cfg is never modified as i know you have a virtuemart.default.cfg used on install firts time.
But you need to edit VM config and save, so the settings get saved in the Vm config table.

[caesarsk]

perfect, thx very much

[caesarsk]

doesnt work

[Studio 42]

Your VM release is ?
Have you try using protostar ?

[caesarsk]

I have own template. VM 3.2.14

[Studio 42]

try to print_r($product->images);

[caesarsk]

try to print_r($product->images);

jop, your solution works perfect. thx for help

[neleausta]

Not working in the latest release VirtueMart 3.4.2, any solution?

[neleausta]

I found a solution:
in "\components\com_virtuemart\views\category\view.html.php"
change
"$imgAmount = VmConfig::get('prodimg_browse',1);" to "$imgAmount = VmConfig::get('prodimg_browse',X);"
where X is the number of images you want to display

Then recall these images in the category layout

[rupan@joomlapro.com]

Will the solution be overridden when updating the VirtueMart version? Any other ways with custom template overrides in VirtueMart?

[Ghost]

Yes, this will be overwritten. You can instead add the option to virtuemart.cfg.