[HotAir]

Hi,

I'm trying to show the name of the current category (not the numerical value) on viewlisting.tpl.php but haven't been successful in finding it.

It looks like I'll need to alter viewlisting.php to pull the value out of the db and assign it to a variable so I can display it -- what is it stored as in the db?

Thanks

[Lhotch]

Not sure I am following ya. In the default template, right at the top of the listing itself it shows a breadcrumb with the category the listing is in.

[HotAir]

Hi Larry,

I have a need to use the category name (it's actually a city name in my application) elsewhere on the page.

The breadcrumb variable {$entry} includes a link to the category display page. I need just the word itself, without the hyperlink. Debug doesn't reveal any variables containing this, so I'm guessing I need to create one. Am I correct?

Regards,
Jim

[Lhotch]

You could loop through each element of the breadcrumb and assign the value to a variable, each iteration will overwrite the last until you get to the end and then the variables value will be equal to the category your in, then you can display the value.

You could include the following smarty near the top of your viewlisting.tpl.php file to get the value and assign it to the smarty variable "category"

{foreach name=outer item=contact from=$breadcrumb}
{foreach item=item from=$contact}
{assign var=category value=$item|strip_tags}
{/foreach}
{/foreach}

then just use the following in your template where you would like the category displayed....

{$category}

[HotAir]

That did it, Thanks so much!