Show Category Count on Search Page

[easyboardsale +]

Hi Everyone

I am trying to show the category count total next to the category name in the category drop down list on the search page.... so drop down text would like like this <CatName (5)>

I have located the spot in the search.tpl file that needs to be updated, but I cannot work out where and how to put the code that returns the category count total.

I am pretty sure I need to use the get_count function in the categories.php file but thats as far as I get... any help would be appreciated.


thanks

[Lhotch +]

Im not following what you mean by category count. Do you mean the number of ads in a given category?

Also, to make sure you are given acurate advice you really should post what version of 68C you are using.

[easyboardsale +]

Hi yes, the number of ads in each category.

So on the search page, in the category drop down list, I want to show how many ads in the category next to the category name.... similar to what is done on the categories home page.

I am on the latest version 4.1.10

thanks in advance

[easyboardsale +]

Can anyone help with this?

[Lhotch +]

Your going to have to modify the function that gets the cats and builds the dropdown. Add into the loop an aditional query to the database to get a cound tof reach category.

Truth be told this is a grose misunse of system resources and as your site gets busier you will find this wastes a lot of system resources and causes major slow down in page loads, espcially if you are on shared hosting.