Posted 1 year ago #
Ive been searching online and cant find an answer to this.
we have our category structure as so
->state
-->NY
-->CA
-->FL
->Destination
-->Park
-->Beach
-->Movie
we have about four more groups. so what we want (for this example) is that "state" and "Destination" should not be a link. only the children below it should be.
is there a way to do this using wp_list_categories()?
is there another way to do it without using wp_list_categories()?
You could use get_categories and build your own custom category list.
Posted 1 year ago #
in what way ...
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks for your help!
I wish i knew hoe to read that kind of code. all i know how to do is use the wordpress functions
Posted 1 year ago #
ok i figured it out, thanks.
so how do i do this that it should know which is the parent not to link it?
Posted 1 year ago #
more clearly.
i modified the code to this
' <?php
' $categories= get_categories('parent=0');
' foreach ($categories as $cat) {
' $xyz = $cat->cat_name;
' $xyz .= ' ('.$cat->category_count.')';
' $xyz .= '';
' echo $xyz;
' }
' ?>
the point is to get the top most cats then i will loop through each one to get their children. the problem is that parent=0 doesnt work
$cat->parent will be equal to zero for a top level category. Otherwise it will be equal to it's parent's id.
Posted 1 year ago #
i needed to add hide_empty=0
because the top cats dont have anything.
Posted 1 year ago #
is there anywhere a list of the information this funstion returns like
category_count
cat_name
etc....
Try using something like:
<?php $cats = get_categories();
echo '<pre>';
print_r($cats);
echo '</pre>';?>to see the raw data.
Posted 1 year ago #
can you help me out with this code. i dont know php so im not sure whats goign on.
<?php
$categories= get_categories('parent=0&hide_empty=0');
foreach ($categories as $cat) {
$categorieschild = get_categories('child_of='$cat->cat_ID);
foreach ($categorieschild as $catchild) {
$xyz = $catchild->cat_name;
$xyz .= ' ('.$catchild->category_count.')';
$xyz .= '
';
echo $xyz;
}
}
?>
Posted 1 year ago #
it works great the issue is that i was missing a "." right before "$cat->cat_ID" it works great.
$categorieschild = get_categories('child_of='$cat->cat_ID);
Something like:
<?php
$output = '';
$categories = get_categories('hide_empty=0');
if( $categories ) $output .= '<ul>';
foreach ($categories as $cat) {
$child_cats = get_categories('child_of=' . $cat->cat_ID);
if( $child_cats) $output .= '<ul>';
foreach ($child_cats as $child) {
$output .= '<li><a href="' . get_category_link( $child->term_id ). '">' . $child->cat_name . '</a>';
$output .= ' ('.$child->category_count.')</li>';
}
$output .= '</ul>';
}
$output .= '</ul>';
echo $output;
?>should output an unordered list of categories with only the child cats having links - but bear in mind that I haven't tested this so it might contain syntax errors.
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