[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # How to show Brand image on the product view ## - **[dkmetz@taylorbruce.com](/forum/user/11254-dkmetz-taylorbruce-com "View dkmetz@taylorbruce.com's Profile")** - [![dkmetz@taylorbruce.com's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar_2013-07-10.png)](/forum/user/11254-dkmetz-taylorbruce-com "View dkmetz@taylorbruce.com's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/11254-dkmetz-taylorbruce-com) Less More - Posts: 69 - Thank you received: 1 - - - - 12 years 6 months ago [\#152615](#152615) by [dkmetz@taylorbruce.com](/forum/user/11254-dkmetz-taylorbruce-com "View dkmetz@taylorbruce.com's Profile") *[How to show Brand image on the product view](/forum/26-product-category-display/867514-how-to-show-brand-image-on-the-product-view#152615 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option...kin-glove&Itemid=246 -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business 2.3.0 -- Joomla version -- :Joomla! 3.2.3 Stable -- PHP version -- : 5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Hi, I would like to alter the product view to show the brand image (in addition to the link to the brand category). I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* was created by *[dkmetz@taylorbruce.com](/forum/user/11254-dkmetz-taylorbruce-com "View dkmetz@taylorbruce.com's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- : [ steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option...kin-glove&Itemid=246](http://steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=113&name=test23-style-deerskin-glove&Itemid=246) -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business 2.3.0 -- Joomla version -- :Joomla! 3.2.3 Stable -- PHP version -- : 5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Hi, I would like to alter the product view to show the brand image (in addition to the link to the brand category). I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.'<a href="'.hikashop_completeLink('category&task=listing&cid='.$manufacturer->category_id.'&name='.$manufacturer->alias.'&Itemid='.$Itemid).'">'.$manufacturer->category_name.'</a>'; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: <img src="<?php echo $this->image->getPath($this->element->file_path); ?>" class="hikashop_category_image"/> into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis --- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Dennis Kmetz Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL3Byb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84Njc1MTQtaG93LXRvLXNob3ctYnJhbmQtaW1hZ2Utb24tdGhlLXByb2R1Y3Qtdmlldz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 12 years 6 months ago [\#152659](#152659) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[How to show Brand image on the product view](/forum/26-product-category-display/867514-how-to-show-brand-image-on-the-product-view#152659 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option...kin-glove&Itemid=246 -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business 2.3.0 -- Joomla version -- :Joomla! 3.2.3 Stable -- PHP version -- : 5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Hi, I would like to alter the product view to show the brand image (in addition to the link to the brand category). I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* Hi, This kind of code will give you the full image path of the product brand: Code: <?php $db = JFactory::getDBO(); $db->setQuery('SELECT * FROM '.hikashop_table('file').' WHERE file_type = "category" AND file_ref_id = '.(int)$this->element->product_manufacturer_id); $image = $db->loadObject(); $fileClass = hikashop_get('class.file'); $mainPath = $fileClass->getPath('image'); $imagePath = $mainPath.$image->file_path; var_dump($imagePath); ?> Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL3Byb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84Njc1MTQtaG93LXRvLXNob3ctYnJhbmQtaW1hZ2Utb24tdGhlLXByb2R1Y3Qtdmlldz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[river](/forum/user/9591-river "View river's Profile")** - [![river's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar9591.gif)](/forum/user/9591-river "View river's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/9591-river) Less More - Posts: 344 - Thank you received: 3 - - 10 years 10 months ago [\#222201](#222201) by [river](/forum/user/9591-river "View river's Profile") Replied by *[river](/forum/user/9591-river "View river's Profile")* on topic *[How to show Brand image on the product view](/forum/26-product-category-display/867514-how-to-show-brand-image-on-the-product-view#222201 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option...kin-glove&Itemid=246 -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business 2.3.0 -- Joomla version -- :Joomla! 3.2.3 Stable -- PHP version -- : 5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Hi, I would like to alter the product view to show the brand image (in addition to the link to the brand category). I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* > Xavier wrote: Hi, > > This kind of code will give you the full image path of the product brand: > > Code: > > <?php $db = JFactory::getDBO(); $db->setQuery('SELECT * FROM '.hikashop_table('file').' WHERE file_type = "category" AND file_ref_id = '.(int)$this->element->product_manufacturer_id); $image = $db->loadObject(); $fileClass = hikashop_get('class.file'); $mainPath = $fileClass->getPath('image'); $imagePath = $mainPath.$image->file_path; var_dump($imagePath); ?> Hikashop 2.5.0 Joomla 3.4.5 I tried to aply the above code into the product / show_default file But it only displays this crazy line. string(76) "/home/XXXXX/public_html/(PATH TO BRAND IMAGE) Any idea how to make it work ? 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I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* Hi, The code Xavier gave you displays the full path of the image. That's what you asked in your original message and thus that's what you get. However, reading your first message, what you want is not the code to get the full path of the image but the code to get the HTML for the display of the image. In that case, it's that code that you want: Code: <?php $db = JFactory::getDBO(); $db->setQuery('SELECT * FROM '.hikashop_table('file').' WHERE file_type = "category" AND file_ref_id = '.(int)$this->element->product_manufacturer_id); $image = $db->loadObject(); $fileClass = hikashop_get('helper.image'); $img = $fileClass->getThumbnail($image->file_path, array('width' => '100', 'height' => '100'), array('default' => true,'forcesize'=>$this->config->get('image_force_size',true),'scale'=>$this->config->get('image_scale_mode','inside'))); echo '<img src="'.$img->url.'/>'; ?> Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL3Byb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84Njc1MTQtaG93LXRvLXNob3ctYnJhbmQtaW1hZ2Utb24tdGhlLXByb2R1Y3Qtdmlldz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[melisari](/forum/user/9503-melisari "View melisari's Profile")** - [![melisari's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/gallery/origami.png)](/forum/user/9503-melisari "View melisari's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/9503-melisari) Less More - Posts: 103 - Thank you received: 2 - - 9 years 5 months ago [\#270098](#270098) by [melisari](/forum/user/9503-melisari "View melisari's Profile") Replied by *[melisari](/forum/user/9503-melisari "View melisari's Profile")* on topic *[How to show Brand image on the product view](/forum/26-product-category-display/867514-how-to-show-brand-image-on-the-product-view#270098 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : steiner.taylorbruce.com/index.php?option...kin-glove&Itemid=246 -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business 2.3.0 -- Joomla version -- :Joomla! 3.2.3 Stable -- PHP version -- : 5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Hi, I would like to alter the product view to show the brand image (in addition to the link to the brand category). I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* Oh please help! i need to show the logo brand instead of just the name in the product view, but i tried this and other codes with no luck, sometimes the page break so i try again ![:(](/media/kunena/emoticons/5.png ":(") I have a little knowledge of php, but not enough to make this happen, please help me, thank you so much in advance! 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I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* Hello, The code Nicolas gave here is working ; but for sure it requires some PHP/Development skills in order to know how to use it and paste it correctly in a PHP file. You already opened a thread for your question ; please do not duplicate your questions, it will be counter productive. [ www.hikashop.com/forum/product-category-...on-product-page.html](https://www.hikashop.com/forum/product-category-display/890293-show-manufacturer-image-brand-logo-on-product-page.html) Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. 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I am working in the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file and want to enhance the display of the manufacturer/brand. Currently the band name is displayed by HikaShop using this code: echo JText::_('MANUFACTURER').': '.''.$manufacturer->category_name.''; I would like to add custom PHP code to the above to also display the image of this manufacturer/brand. I am not a PHP expert, but I went to the /category/listing.php file near line 47 and copied this code: into the mytemplate/html/com_hikashop/product/show_block_product_files.php file. It got me a partial path to the image, but not the full path. Can you give me some help on how to retrieve the full path to the brand image from the product view? Can this even be done? If not, do you have any other suggestions? I guess I can create a custom image field for the product, but that would require me to keep the product custom image field in sync with the brand image. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Dennis")* Im sorry, i found another solution using the badge, is kind of double work, but with some special css is working fine for me. Hope in the future you can include the brand image like an option, thank you for your hard work! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL3Byb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84Njc1MTQtaG93LXRvLXNob3ctYnJhbmQtaW1hZ2Utb24tdGhlLXByb2R1Y3Qtdmlldz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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