Question

Need some help with a Magento php script….

I want do write an if statement that basically says “If the current category’s parent ID = x, show this block of html”.

I’ve figured out how to write this if statement for the current category, but not the current PARENT category… here’s the code for that:

<?php if (Mage::registry('current_category') && Mage::registry('current _category')->getId() == 11) : ?>
    //html here
<?php endif; ?>

Really appreciate any help you can give me! 🙂

Answer 1

try this

    <?php 
        $cat = Mage::registry('current_category'); 
        $parentCat = $cat->getParentCategory();
        if ( $cat && $parentCat && $parentCat->getId() == 11) : ?>

        //html here

    <?php endif; ?>