edawg Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I use Popshops Datafeed API and cant figure out an issue im having with an array. I'm trying to retrieve a category name from an array for the current page. Here is the array code which is in the index.php file. $categories = array(); $categories[] = array( 'name' => 'page name', 'search_options' => array( 'keywords' => 'page keyword' ) ); $categories[] = array( 'name' => 'page name', 'search_options' => array( 'keywords' => 'page keyword' ) ); $categories[] = array( 'name' => 'page name', 'search_options' => array( 'keywords' => 'page keyword' ) ); This is how the script calls the current page keyword. <?php echo ucwords($_REQUEST[$popshops->nameSpace.'keywords']) ?> The code above works fine, so I thought all I had to do was change the 'keywords' to 'name' to get what I was looking for. But that does not seem to work? <?php echo ucwords($_REQUEST[$popshops->nameSpace.'name']) ?> I've tried as much as my limited php knowledge can take me, so now I need some advice. Here is the function in the popshops.php file they use to pull the page name out for the links in the navigation, but I just want to know how to retrieve just the category name for the current page, nothing else. function customCategoryLink($category) { $url = $this->baseURL($this->params); if (isset($category['search_options']) && sizeOf($category['search_options']) > 0) { foreach($category['search_options'] as $key => $value) { $url = $this->addParameter($url,$key,$value); } } else { $url = $this->addParameter($url,'keywords',$category['name']); } $url = str_replace('?&','?',$url); return '<a href="'.$url.'">'.$category['name'].'</a>'; } Thanks in advanced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyt1988 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 can you also include the functions: $this->baseURL $this->addParameter The function you have included is part of an object. $this-> refers to its neighbouring functions. That means that in the object there are 2 functions more we need. They are the above. Cheers in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edawg Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Thanks! BaseURL function. function baseURL($paramNamesToStrip) { $url = $this->requestURI(); foreach ($_REQUEST as $key => $value) { foreach ($paramNamesToStrip as $paramName) { $url = $this->stripParameter($url,$paramName,$key,$value); } } return $url; } AddParameter Function. function addParameter($url,$paramName,$paramValue) { if (strlen($paramValue) > 0) { $delimiter = (strpos($url,'?') > -1) ? '&' : '?'; $url = $url.$delimiter.$this->nameSpace.$paramName.'='.urlencode($paramValue); } return $url; } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edawg Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Dont know if this will help any, but here is the function that displays the categories. function renderCustomCategories(){ $out = ''; if (sizeOf($this->categories) > 0) { $out .= '<h3>Popular categories</h3>'; $out .= '<ul>'; foreach ($this->categories as $category) { $out .= '<li>'.$this->customCategoryLink($category).'</li>'; } $out .= '</ul>'; } return $out; } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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