I can't display Category custom fields in Products module

[Simon66]

So I have a page that is displaying a product summary as a list.

On the same page I have a Category dropdown.

I want to display the details of the chosen Category on the page each time a different Category is selected.

I'm using this code to get the Category ID from the URL. Then 'products_getcategory' smarty plugin pulls in the Category details.

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{if !empty($smarty.get.catid)}
<a class="list-group-item active bg-yellow" href="#">
{products_getcategory categoryid=$smarty.get.catid assign='caty'}
<span class="catyname">{$caty->name}</span> is sponsored by {$caty->fields.sponsored.field_value}
</a>
{/if}

This works perfectly to display the name of the Category - {$caty->name} but it doesn't work to display Category custom fields.
They are also missing when I use {$caty|print_r}.

I'm sure I'm missing something. If you've got this to work please let me know how.

Thanks
Simon66

[Jeff]

I didn't know that Categories in the Products modules had custom fields?

Are you thinking of the individual product custom fields?

[Simon66]

Hi Jeff
Yes, the products module allows you to add additional 'Category Fields' to each separate category.

They should be accessible via the products module smarty plugin:
{products_getcategory categoryid=1 assign='tmp'}

The help for this smarty plugin says " The returned is an object containing all of the information about a category, including its field values."

But I am stumped as to how the field values are displayed. I can only display the basic category name and id info.

I've uploaded an image of the 'Category Fields'.

Simon66

[Dr.CSS]

I think those fields are only available in the category template which I think is used with action=....

[velden]

I thinks it's broken. Had a look at the source and think it's a bug.

BTW: you should post system information when posting questions like this. http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/troublesh ... nformation

[Simon66]

Thanks Velden.
Yeah, sorry about the info:
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[janvl]

You have
phpversion: 5.3.28-pl3-gentoo

the newer CG-Modules need at least PHP 5.4

talk with your hoster.

Kind regards,
Jan