Showing Categories in Product details default

[Agaton]

Versions: vm 3.2.4 Joomla 3.7.5

I am currently trying to create a list of categories relevant to the product. I want to display them at the bottom of the product page as tags.

Example: Product One is associated with 15 random categories I would like to display the categories associated with that product.

Related products is not suitable as that requires a manual action and I want it to be automated on every product.
Plugins are useful but I would prefer to code direct to the product_details template as that it is easier to control and manipulate.

I understand how to turn category id's into links etc, I understand mysql and understand intermediate php. What I am struggling with is the best way to import the data I need into the template.

Its the arrays at the beginning of templates that I struggle with, is there any documentation that could help me or could someone point me in the right direction.

[Agaton]

anyone....?

[Spiros Petrakis]

Hi,
you can create the list with the following code:

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<ul>
<?php
foreach($this->product->categoryItem as $tagcategory) {
    $tagURL =  JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id='.$tagcategory['virtuemart_category_id'], FALSE);
    $tagName = vmText::_($tagcategory['category_name']) ;
    echo '<li><a href="' . $tagURL . '">' . $tagName . '</a></li>';
}
?>
</ul>


[Agaton]

Thank you Spyros, I had actually come up with this solution late Friday night....

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$categoryModel = VmModel::getModel('category');
$categoryArray = array();
foreach ($this->product->categories as $catid) :
$categoryArray[] = $categoryModel->getCategory ($catid, true);
endforeach;

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foreach ($categoryArray as $category) :

// Category Link
$caturl = JRoute::_ ( 'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=' . $category->virtuemart_category_id );

echo '<p><a href="'.$caturl .'" class="'. $category->category_name . '">'. $category->category_name .'</a></p>';

endforeach;

But your solution looks so much more efficient.

Many Thanks

[Agaton]

Just to confirm that Spryros solution is much better

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<ul>
<?php
foreach($this->product->categoryItem as $tagcategory) {
$tagURL =  JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id='.$tagcategory['virtuemart_category_id'], FALSE);
$tagName = vmText::_($tagcategory['category_name']) ;
echo '<li><a href="' . $tagURL . '">' . $tagName . '</a></li>';
}
?>
</ul>