[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Showing a category list on a product page ## - **[acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile")** - [![acwilan's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/26763-acwilan) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 1 - - 13 years 2 months ago [\#119274](#119274) by [acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile") *[Showing a category list on a product page](/forum/31-development/861171-showing-a-category-list-on-a-product-page#119274 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.1.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.1.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.10 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome 28 Hi, I want to display a category menu on a sidebar for the product page. I'm running an antiques website and the categories of the products are like: Textiles - Bags - - Subcat #XXX - - - Product from subcat #XXX - - Product from Bags... - Shawls - Ponchos Masks - Subcategory... I'm building custom joomla templates for all these. I want to display a sidebar on the left for every product page. The issue is that I want this sidebar categories always from the categories at level 2. For example, if I'm on the page of the "Product from Bags", I want to display the menu as Bags Shawls Ponchos And so if I'm in "Product from Subcat #XXX". I managed to do it easily in "Bags", by using the JDocumentRenderer to render a module position as "sidebar-product-"+$product->parent_category_id (pseudocode), and generating a content module for each parent category (Textiles, Masks, and so on). The issue here is with categories deeper (like "Subcategory #XXX"), and product pages. So how can I retrieve the parent category ID at level #2 for categories as well as products?")* was created by *[acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 2.1.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.1.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.10 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome 28 Hi, I want to display a category menu on a sidebar for the product page. I'm running an antiques website and the categories of the products are like: Textiles - Bags - - Subcat #XXX - - - Product from subcat #XXX - - Product from Bags... - Shawls - Ponchos Masks - Subcategory... I'm building custom joomla templates for all these. I want to display a sidebar on the left for every product page. The issue is that I want this sidebar categories always from the categories at level 2. For example, if I'm on the page of the "Product from Bags", I want to display the menu as Bags Shawls Ponchos And so if I'm in "Product from Subcat #XXX". I managed to do it easily in "Bags", by using the JDocumentRenderer to render a module position as "sidebar-product-"+$product->parent_category_id (pseudocode), and generating a content module for each parent category (Textiles, Masks, and so on). The issue here is with categories deeper (like "Subcategory #XXX"), and product pages. So how can I retrieve the parent category ID at level #2 for categories as well as products? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMxLWRldmVsb3BtZW50Lzg2MTE3MS1zaG93aW5nLWEtY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdC1vbi1hLXByb2R1Y3QtcGFnZT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 13 years 2 months ago [\#119427](#119427) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Showing a category list on a product page](/forum/31-development/861171-showing-a-category-list-on-a-product-page#119427 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.1.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.1.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.10 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome 28 Hi, I want to display a category menu on a sidebar for the product page. I'm running an antiques website and the categories of the products are like: Textiles - Bags - - Subcat #XXX - - - Product from subcat #XXX - - Product from Bags... - Shawls - Ponchos Masks - Subcategory... I'm building custom joomla templates for all these. I want to display a sidebar on the left for every product page. The issue is that I want this sidebar categories always from the categories at level 2. For example, if I'm on the page of the "Product from Bags", I want to display the menu as Bags Shawls Ponchos And so if I'm in "Product from Subcat #XXX". I managed to do it easily in "Bags", by using the JDocumentRenderer to render a module position as "sidebar-product-"+$product->parent_category_id (pseudocode), and generating a content module for each parent category (Textiles, Masks, and so on). The issue here is with categories deeper (like "Subcategory #XXX"), and product pages. So how can I retrieve the parent category ID at level #2 for categories as well as products?")* Hi, The current product/category id is stored in the cid parameter of the URL. Once you retrieve it, you can load the categories of the product via a query to the hikashop_product_category table, and for the parents of categories, you can look in the hikashop_category table. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMxLWRldmVsb3BtZW50Lzg2MTE3MS1zaG93aW5nLWEtY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdC1vbi1hLXByb2R1Y3QtcGFnZT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile")** - [![acwilan's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/26763-acwilan) Less More - Posts: 25 - Thank you received: 1 - - 13 years 2 months ago [\#119578](#119578) by [acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile") Replied by *[acwilan](/forum/user/26763-acwilan "View acwilan's Profile")* on topic *[Showing a category list on a product page](/forum/31-development/861171-showing-a-category-list-on-a-product-page#119578 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.1.3 -- Joomla version -- : 3.1.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.10 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome 28 Hi, I want to display a category menu on a sidebar for the product page. I'm running an antiques website and the categories of the products are like: Textiles - Bags - - Subcat #XXX - - - Product from subcat #XXX - - Product from Bags... - Shawls - Ponchos Masks - Subcategory... I'm building custom joomla templates for all these. I want to display a sidebar on the left for every product page. The issue is that I want this sidebar categories always from the categories at level 2. For example, if I'm on the page of the "Product from Bags", I want to display the menu as Bags Shawls Ponchos And so if I'm in "Product from Subcat #XXX". I managed to do it easily in "Bags", by using the JDocumentRenderer to render a module position as "sidebar-product-"+$product->parent_category_id (pseudocode), and generating a content module for each parent category (Textiles, Masks, and so on). The issue here is with categories deeper (like "Subcategory #XXX"), and product pages. So how can I retrieve the parent category ID at level #2 for categories as well as products?")* Thanks, I'll try that Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMxLWRldmVsb3BtZW50Lzg2MTE3MS1zaG93aW5nLWEtY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdC1vbi1hLXByb2R1Y3QtcGFnZT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? 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