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Created November 17, 2011 14:03
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Recursive function for Magento that provides useful information regarding a specified category and all children.
<?php
function getCategories(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category $ParentCategory) {
$return = array();
foreach(explode(',', $ParentCategory->getChildren()) as $categoryId) {
$Category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId);
$return[$categoryId] = array(
'id' => $Category->getId(),
'name' => $Category->getName(),
'slug' => $Category->getUrlKey(),
'url' => $Category->getUrl(),
'active' => $Category->getIsActive(),
'children' => array()
);
if($Category->getChildren()) {
$return[$categoryId]['children'] = getCategories($Category, $return);
}
}
return $return;
}
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