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# udm_cat_path

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5 <= 5.0.4)

udm_cat_path -- Get the path to the current category

## Description

array udm_cat_path ( resource agent, string category )

Returns an array describing the path in the categories tree from the tree root to the current one, specified by category. agent is the agent identifier returned by a previous call to >udm_alloc_agent().

The returned array consists of pairs. Elements with even index numbers contain the category paths, odd elements contain the corresponding category names.

For example, the call $array=udm_cat_path($agent, '02031D'); may return the following array:

    $array[0] will contain ''
     $array[1] will contain 'Root'
     $array[2] will contain '02'
     $array[3] will contain 'Sport'
     $array[4] will contain '0203'
     $array[5] will contain 'Auto'
     $array[4] will contain '02031D'
     $array[5] will contain 'Ferrari'

Example 1. Specifying path to the current category in the following format: '> Root > Sport > Auto > Ferrari'
`<?php $cat_path_arr = udm_cat_path($udm_agent, $cat); $cat_path = ''; for ($i=0; $i<count($cat_path_arr); $i+=2) { $path = $cat_path_arr[$i]; $name = $cat_path_arr[$i+1]; $cat_path .= " > <a href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?cat=$path\">$name</a> "; } ?>`

See also udm_cat_list().

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