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#1 2007-07-05 14:33:04

kitto

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How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

Basically I want to populate a select menu with categories.

i.e.

<select> <option>Category 1</option> <option>Category 2</option> <option>Category 3</option> <option>Category 4</option> <option>Category 5</option> </select>

The Textpattern category_list tag returns a list of categories wrapped in anchors, which is useless in this instance.

Any ideas how to return a simple text string or list of categories, using a plugin, php or otherwise?

Many thanks.

#2 2007-07-05 14:47:01

ruud

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Registered: 2006-06-04

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Re: How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

<select><option><txp:php>
  echo join('</option> <option>', doSpecial(safe_column('title', 'txp_category', '1=1 ORDER BY title ASC')));
</txp:php></option></select>

Last edited by ruud (2007-07-05 14:48:20)

#3 2007-07-06 12:07:10

kitto

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From: Leicester, England

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Re: How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

Excellent. Thanks Ruud – I’ll give that a go.

#4 2007-07-08 11:04:35

kitto

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From: Leicester, England

Registered: 2006-02-22

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Re: How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

One further question – I should have mentioned in my first post.

I also need to populate the value of each option with the category title. The above also returns ‘root’ as the final category – any way to leave that out?

E.g. the code Ruud posted returns;

<select><option>Category 1</option><option>Category 2</option><option>root</option></select>

And I need it to return;

<select><option value="Category 1">Category 1</option><option value="Category 2">Category 2</option></select>

Thanks again for any help.

#5 2007-07-08 23:39:04

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

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Re: How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

<select><option><txp:php>
  echo join('</option> <option>', doSpecial(safe_column('title', 'txp_category', 'name != "root" ORDER BY title ASC')));
</txp:php></option></select>

Last edited by Mary (2007-11-17 07:20:26)

#6 2007-11-17 06:09:28

mhulse

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From: Eugene Oregon

Registered: 2005-01-21

Posts: 200

Re: How to return a category list but without using the cateogry list tag?

Thanks to ruud and Mary for being so helpful. :)

Last edited by mhulse (2007-11-27 18:38:58)