Include files based on category ID - will this work?

[90210]

What I'm trying to do is to include file for each category so it would look like this:
for
cat_id = 2
{include file="add/{$category.id}.php"} (thus include add/2.php)
cat_id = 3
{include file="add/{$category.id}.php"} (thus include add/3.php)

and so on...
right now I get : Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "{Array.id" in /home/sites/domain.com/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095
.php"}

what am I doing wrong?

[Greg]

If you want to add something to a certain cateory (so it only shows in that category) you would use something such as this:

{if $category.id == 23}
This will only show in this specific category.
{/if}

So you just add (change) the category id to the above. Depending on the category id#.

[90210]

I can hardcod it for every category but what I would like to do is to have category.id pass in to naming convention of the file I'm trying to include.
so when I do include_file= it will be driven by category id... so it would automaticly name files 1.php or 2.php or 23.php based on category id.

What exactly these php files will contain? BTW here is an approximate solution:

{assign var="id" value=$category.id}
{include file=$id}

[90210]

Originally Posted by Nick Collins

What exactly these php files will contain? BTW here is an approximate solution:

{assign var="id" value=$category.id}
{include file=$id}

What I wanted to do is “sponsored by” and include banner..
Basically each category can have its sponsor.

What I wanted to do is “sponsored by” and include banner..
Basically each category can have its sponsor.

You can simply use "unique category" functionality in case you have small number of categories. But I can suggest you second and more effective way:

[1]
Create text field "banners" in "dir_categories" table via phpMyAdmin.

[2]
***open admin/edit-category.php***
***find the following code***

$temp['description'] = addslashes($tmp['description']);

***after add, ***

$temp['banners'] = addslashes($tmp['banners']);

***find code***

<tr class="tr">
    <td><strong>Category description:</strong></td>
    <td><textarea name="description" cols="43" rows="8"><?php echo $category['description']; ?></textarea></td>
</tr>

***after add, ***

<tr>
    <td><strong>Category Banner:</strong></td>
    <td><input type="text" name="banners" size="57" maxlength="150" value="<?php echo $category['banners']; ?>" /></td>
</tr>

***save***

[3]
***open templates/TemplateName/index.tpl***
***find the following code***

{if $category.description}
    <div class="box" style="border: none;">{$category.description}</div>
{/if}

***after add, ***

{if $category.banners}
    <div class="box" style="border: none;"><img src="{$category.banners}" /></div>
{/if}

***save***
Note: You can add this code in any other place you want.

[4]
Open your admin CP and browse to category where you would like to add banner. Click "edit" link button and after "Category description" fill in "Category Banner" field with full url of that banner. Save changes.

That's all!

[90210]

all I can say is wow.. thanks guys.

[90210]

oops, everything works fine Nick, but how do I make banner clickable so by clicking on it would send them to external site?
UPDATE: never mind.. did it the same way and created new field banners_url...
took me 5 minutes.

You are welcome, 90210!