osCommerce tep_get_path() Function
The osCommerce tep_get_path() function seems mainly used to append "cPath=" to the beginning of categories_id.
Let's play around osCommerce tep_get_path() function with some examples.
osCommerce tep_get_path() function example 1:
<?php
require('includes/application_top.php');
$categories_id = "1"; // Hardware
echo 'The path is: ' . tep_get_path ($categories_id);
?>
Save the file as tep_get_path_function_1.php.
Upload to the home directory (catalog folder) of osCommerce shop.
Access the URL of this file.
The output of the above typical PHP example should look like:
The path is: cPath=1
As you can see the "cPath=" is append before the categories_id.
osCommerce tep_get_path() function example 2:
<?php
require('includes/application_top.php');
$categories_id = "1_17"; // CDROM Drives
echo 'The path is: ' . tep_get_path ($categories_id);
?>
Save the file as tep_get_path_function_2.php.
Upload to the home directory (catalog folder) of osCommerce shop.
Access the URL of this file.
The output of the above typical PHP example should look like:
The path is: cPath=1_17
Same as example 1, the "cPath=" is also append before the categories_id.
You may wonder why the "cPath=" is append before the categories_id at this moment. We will discuss the osCommerce cPath in details in coming tutorials when study the codes tructure of osCommerce shop.