I have a categories table that looks like this:
-- id -- parent_id -- name
1 0 electronics
2 1 Televisions
3 2 LCD TVs
4 2 Plasma Tvs
5 1 DVD Players
6 1 Bluray Players
7 0 Home Appliances
8 7 Cookers
9 7 Fridges & Freezers
10 0 Fashion
11 10 Mens Clothing
12 11 Shirts
13 10 Womens Clothing
14 13 Skirts
and so on - the problem I have is some categories are only single and others can be 3 or 4 deep.
I have a list page that will paginate all items in a given category and will show the child categories of that category for further drilling down and so on until the last child is reached.
I have 2 problems 1 being how do I route this so it will match /products/{parent_category}/?if_exists_child_category/if_exists_child_child/if_exists_child_child_child
the next is on the home page I have featured products and need to link to the product page and include the full category path to it product/parent_cat/if_exists_sub_cat/if_exists_sub_sub_cat/if_exists_sub_sub_sub_cat/product_name * I have an idea how to do this one the routing issue is my main problem.
or even if I could just capture everything after prodocucts/ I could then explode it into an array and cycle through the categories and or find the product slug and display the correct view.
Thanks All in advance and Happy Almost Christmas :)