Problem Retrieving Array

[edawg]

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!

 

[jimmyt1988]

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!

[edawg]

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;
  }

 

 

[edawg]

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;
  }