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osCommerce Main Categories Content Customization Example

Example 3 - Add horizontal line under Parent Categories

Some osCommerce shop owner like to add a horizontal line (<hr>) under the Parent Categories. This is shown in the picture below:

osCommerce Main Categories Customization example

osCommerce Main Categories Customization example

osCommerce Main Categories Customization example

This is quite interesting. Let's add a horizontal line to the Parent Categories.

This is clear that we can modify the code below highlight in red color to accomplish the result.

function tep_show_category($counter) {
global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {
$categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'main_categories_bullet.gif', '');
}

$categories_string .= '<a href="';

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}

$categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
$categories_string .= '<b>';
}

// display category name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
$categories_string .= '</b>';
}

/*

if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
$categories_string .= '-&gt;';
}

*/

$categories_string .= '</a>';

/*

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
$products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
if ($products_in_category > 0) {
$categories_string .= '&nbsp;(' . $products_in_category . ')';
}
}

*/

$categories_string .= '<br>';

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {
tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);
}

}

Add horizontal line under Parent Categories

This is rather easy.

  • If this is a Parent Categories, add a <hr> horizontal line
  • If this is not a Parent Categories (i.e. Sub-Categories), add a <br> line return as before

Therefore the codes become:

function tep_show_category($counter) {
global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {
$categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'main_categories_bullet.gif', '');
}

$categories_string .= '<a href="';

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}

$categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
$categories_string .= '<b>';
}

// display category name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
$categories_string .= '</b>';
}

/*

if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
$categories_string .= '-&gt;';
}

*/

$categories_string .= '</a>';

/*

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
$products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
if ($products_in_category > 0) {
$categories_string .= '&nbsp;(' . $products_in_category . ')';
}
}

*/

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$categories_string .= '<hr>';
} else {
$categories_string .= '<br>';
}

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {
tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);
}

}

Now, we know how to add horizontal line under Parent Categories of osCommerce Main Categories.