Display category description inside products on category view

[Alexikakos]

Hi all,

I want to display category description inside product item, on category view.

I tried edit products.php (\public_html\templates\mytemplate\html\com_virtuemart\sublayouts\products.php).
I added inside "

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foreach ( $products as $product ){...}"
the follow line:

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<?php echo $product->category_description; ?>

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<?php echo $product->category->category_description ; ?></div>

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<?php echo $this->category_description ; ?></div>

But not Working. Any idea?

PS: The wired that this code its working inside product foreach:

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<?php echo $product->virtuemart_category_id;  ?>,

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<?php echo $product->category_name; ?>, but not category description.

Joomla Version: 3.9.24
VirtueMart Version: 3.8.4
PHP 7.3

[Jörgen]

The category description should be the same for all products in the sam category. Is there not cote to display the category description earlier in the file ? Code that is not linked to the product but to the current category ?

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[Alexikakos]

Hi,
Yes it does.

In catagory view file (\public_html\templates\mytemplate\html\com_virtuemart\category\default.php) it use this echo:

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<?php echo $this->category->category_description; ?>
But this code it work in \public_html\templates\mytemplate\html\com_virtuemart\category\default.php not in \public_html\templates\mytemplate\html\com_virtuemart\sublayouts\products.php

The products layout (in category view) is in product.php file in this path: \public_html\templates\mytemplate\html\com_virtuemart\sublayouts\products.php
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<?php echo $this->category->category_description; ?> not working in product.php only in default.php.

That is my problem

[Jörgen]

You can transfer the data to the products.php when the sublayout is rendered. If You can not figure it out, I will show an example later tonight.

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[Alexikakos]

Yes please
if u can, post the example

[Jörgen]

Hello this shows the fundamentals:

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echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout($this->productsLayout,array('products'=>$this->products,
'currency'=>$this->currency,
'products_per_row'=>$this->perRow,
'showRating'=>$this->showRating,
'categoryDescription'=>$this->category->category_description));
That code transfers the data categoryDescription into the array viewData[]

In the layoutfile products.php You will have to use this code to get data from viewData:

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$categoryDescription = $viewData['categoryDescription'];

You can add as many items to the viewData as You like.

I hope you get the idea.

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[Alexikakos]

I think i understand you,

but i think i need and an "echo" to display it.

i tried

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<?php echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('categories',array('product'=>$product,'categoryDescription'=>$categoryDescription)); ?> but not results,

How to echo "shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout" for "categoryDescription"

[Jörgen]

I tried to show You the basics, not a cut and paste code.

In the present rendersublayout call you have to add Your new item with correct data for $categoryDescription. This will carry the data through to the sublayout.
In the sublayout (products.php) , You have to collect the $categoryDescription from the $viewData array. Then You can echo the $categoryDescription.

I use this technique in all my overrides, so I know it works, You just have to figure out where to adjust the code.

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[Dimi]

Hello,
I'am trying to make the same thing, but I have a small problem.

My category tree is:
Products -> Women -> Shirts, Jackets, Dresses, etc.

I have a menu item Women where I display all the products of the subcategories.
I used Jörgen's code to display inside every product box the description of the category.

For example
In every dress I want to display the Dresses (subcategory) description, but the code I used fetches the Women (parent category) description.

Any ideas on what I should change?

Thank you.