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1. Cathy Tibbles
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Is there an option to the "include(template..." bit in the code below?

   <?php $id = get_parent_category();
    if ($id == 20) {
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-'. $id . '.php');}
    else { ?>
   <?php } ?>

   I would like to REDIRECT wp to the custom category-"id" template that I wrote. Instead, it looks like it is including the category-"id" template, and then continuing on with the original one - much like a sidebar or footer! You can see it in action at: /category/recipes If you click on any of the subcategories, you'll see what I mean. (Except on the misc recipes subcat - NO IDEA why!)

   Am I way off base here?

   Thanks for any help,
   Cathy

2. ayushsaran
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   The include adds the file to the existing file.

   We're you looking to change the theme/layout for a particular category ?

3. Cathy Tibbles
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   THANK YOU for answering!

   I customized the templatecategory.php and saved as category-20 to be used as the template for the Recipe Category (with an ID of 20). The parent category (category id of 20) is automatically rendered using Category-20.php due to wp's template hierarchy.

   How can I get the sub-categories of 20 - to use the category-20 template? (Preferably without listing them all separately.)

4. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 4 years ago #

   <?php
   if (get_parent_category() == 20) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-20.php');
   return;
   }
   ?>

   Use that code in category.php instead of the code you posted. The return; will cause it to return execution to the calling file, ignoring everything else in the current file.

   Also, there is no get_parent_category so I assume that's something you made already.

5. Cathy Tibbles
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thank you thank you thank you Otto!!!! It worked.

   For anyone searching the code for returning sub-categories to the parent category's template, put this in functions.php:

   //returns a category's parent id if there is one
    function get_parent_category() {
    foreach ((get_the_category()) as $cat) {
    if ($cat->category_parent) return $cat->category_parent;
   else return $cat->cat_ID;}
   }

   And this in the category.php (not the parent category template):

   <?php
   if (get_parent_category() == ID) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-ID.php');
   return;
   }
   ?>

   - replace the "ID" with the id of the parent category. There is probably a nicer way of doing the latter piece of code, but I only have one category to worry about. Thanks to Sivar for his functions piece of code for this.

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