category records count bug

This is not a bug, because counting proceed only in current category not in subcategories.

ah ok , so how can i get full count ?

There is no count for category nodes.

Aah, the old famous discussion ;-)

Somehow, I agree with andiamine. I always stumble upon this (0). But I am also aware of the different viewpoints and applications. It might be Current Category Items / Total Articles / Total Sub-Categories.

Possible workaround for andiamine: Sum up all Sub-Categories totals... and Replace the number of the parent category total. I remember, I did something similar in ME-Resources for the Section(total#).

ok thnaks for u help, i will find a solution for that :)

pepperstreet Aah, the old famous discussion ;-)

Somehow, I agree with andiamine. I always stumble upon this (0). But I am also aware of the different viewpoints and applications. It might be Current Category Items / Total Articles / Total Sub-Categories.

Possible workaround for andiamine: Sum up all Sub-Categories totals... and Replace the number of the parent category total. I remember, I did something similar in ME-Resources for the Section(total#).

Yes my friend, i found a solution that count but only for 2 levels i think i will share it here soon, and i will add it on Procategories template.

Regards, ANDI

Hi friends sorry for late reply, i was very busy. here simple and easy solution to count number of records in current category and their subcategories :

1) add a new option to xml file in cat_nums field :

<option value="2">Number of records in current category and subcategories</option>

2) add this php function inside category view (php file):

function count_subcat_records($category){
$records_t = 0;
foreach($category->children as $i => $cat ){
$records_t += (int)$cat->records_num;
}
return $records_t;
}

3) Replace this code snippet echo $category->records_num; with:

if($params->get('tmpl_params.cat_nums') === '2')
echo count_subcat_records($category)+$category->records_num;
else echo $category->records_num;

This solution already added in ProCategories template Enjoy ! Regards, ANDI

andiamine This solution already added in ProCategories template

Thanks for posting your solution! Might come in handy.

Product Link bookmarked, too. ;-)

You are welcome my friend.