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Make option groups from WordPress API Categories list
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var categories = getCategories(); // this function gets the categories with ajax (you'll have to do that yourself ;-)) | |
var html = ""; | |
var tpl_categories = []; // top level categories | |
var top_cat_count = 0; | |
for (i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) { | |
if ( categories[i].parent == 0 ) { | |
tpl_categories[top_cat_count] = categories[i]; | |
var sub_cat_count = 0; | |
for (sub_i = 0; sub_i < categories.length; sub_i++) { | |
if ( categories[sub_i].parent == categories[i].id ) { | |
if ( "sub_categories" in tpl_categories[top_cat_count] == false ) { | |
tpl_categories[top_cat_count].sub_categories = []; | |
} | |
tpl_categories[top_cat_count].sub_categories[sub_cat_count] = categories[sub_i]; | |
sub_cat_count++; | |
} | |
} | |
top_cat_count++; | |
} | |
} | |
for (i = 0; i < tpl_categories.length; i++) { | |
if ( "sub_categories" in tpl_categories[i] ) { | |
html += '<optgroup label="'+tpl_categories[i].name+'">'; | |
for ( sub_i = 0; sub_i < Object.keys(tpl_categories[i].sub_categories).length; sub_i++ ) { | |
html += '<option value="'+tpl_categories[i].sub_categories[sub_i].id+'">'+tpl_categories[i].sub_categories[sub_i].name+'</option>'; | |
} | |
html += '</optgroup>'; | |
} else { | |
html += '<option value="'+tpl_categories[i].id+'">'+tpl_categories[i].name+'</option>'; | |
} | |
} | |
//console.log(html); | |
//$('select').html(html); |
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