Get current cpath

[foteek]

I'm writing come custom code, but I can't seem to find a way to get the current cpath. I would like to get the number for current cpath as well as current top level parent category.

Can someone help?

Thanks,
TJ

[gjh42]

$_GET[cPath]
will deliver the current cPath.

For the current parent category,
(int)$_GET[cPath]
will strip any underscores and following subcat numbers from cPath, leaving only the top cat id.

You may want to check for the value being not null - if no category is selected, you will get null or 0.

[Ajeh]

Note: to know the immediate categories path you can use:
$current_category_id

Often times, when you do not "see" cPath, $current_category_id will know the immediate categories_id of the immediate path that you are in ...