IF statement to turn off left/right column on category page

Hi all..

I tried to insert an IF statement in tpl_main_page.php so that I can turn off different left or right column combination in category and subcategory page.... I also need this IF statement for other purpose.

• Category page, i.e https://www.mysite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
  I need to turn off left column, turn on right column on this page

• Sub-category page, i.e https://www.mysite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_10
  I need to turn on left column, turn off right column on this page

I tried the following codes:

if ($current_page=='index' && (int)$cPath>0) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
}

if ($current_page=='index' && $cPath>0 && (int)cPath_array>0) {
$flag_disable_right = true;
}

Anyhow the 2nd if statement didn't work for sub-category page. 1st if statement works.

Please Zenner help me out.... thanks!

You could use:
$current_category_id

for the immediate categories_id ...

Hi Linda,

Thanks for the codes, it works for immediate category id, anyhow I would like the code for the whole category page and also another statement for sub-category page.

i.e for sub-cat ../index.php?main_page=index&cPath=x_xx

might be ../index.php?main_page=index&cPath=x_xx_xx or sub-sub-cat page.

x_xx could be any category/sub-cat pages, so I would like to turn off right column in all sub-cat or sub-sub-cat page, while in category page I would like to turn off left column only.

Many thanks for help!

Stick this at the top of your tpl_header.php and navigate through your categories to get a better feel for how these work ...

Note: when you are looking via Manufacture's sidebox and pick a category it with be $_GET['filter_id'] being used ...

Hi Linda,

I'm not sure what you meant by Manufacturer's sidebox?
Perhaps you were replying to other's thread?

Still can't crack this...any help really appreciated.

Thanks

Anyone can help me with the IF statement to:

• turn off left column only in category page
• turn off right column only in sub-category page (as well as sub-sub-category page)

Thanks!