Seems like the $item in the K2 module doesn't contain the parent-attribute.

This is not a nice hack, but you can "reload" the category by:

(in modules/mod_k2_content/tmpl/Default/default.php (or make your own template)).

$category = & JTable::getInstance('K2Category', 'Table');$category->load($item->catid);

Then you can access the parent-attribute by:

echo $category->parent;

 

And if you also need the name of the parent category:

$parentcategory = & JTable::getInstance('K2Category', 'Table'); $parentcategory->load($category->parent);

echo $parentcategory->name;

 

I have no idea how to make K2 content displaying a list of recent articles tho...

 

Steinar

Thank you so much for your quick reply. I tried to apply those snippets to my module template, but all I got was a white screen with the first article title and nothing else, no error report either. Could this have to do with the fact that I'm calling multiple articles at once instead of just viewing a single article?

 

My hope is to create a recent article listing with articles from different categories. Each article's parent category will be shown next to the article title. If I can call each parent category, then I can make individual styles as well.

 

If you go to www.blessedteensacademy.com and look at the module in the middle titled "New Content", you'll see where I'm trying to apply this. 

 

Any ideas? Thank you so much for your time! Steinar A said:

Seems like the $item in the K2 module doesn't contain the parent-attribute.

This is not a nice hack, but you can "reload" the category by:

(in modules/mod_k2_content/tmpl/Default/default.php (or make your own template)).

$category = & JTable::getInstance('K2Category', 'Table');$category->load($item->catid);

Then you can access the parent-attribute by:

echo $category->parent;

 

And if you also need the name of the parent category:

$parentcategory = & JTable::getInstance('K2Category', 'Table'); $parentcategory->load($category->parent);

echo $parentcategory->name;

 

I have no idea how to make K2 content displaying a list of recent articles tho...

 

Steinar

If anyone can help with this, I'm stuck!!!!

Is there a way to get the category parent in index.php?  

I dont see anyway of doing this?

Hi guys,

This worked for me. Put this in index.php.

$database = &JFactory::getDBO();            

$itemid= JRequest::getVar('id',0);                          

$sql = "SELECT name FROM jos_k2_items t1, jos_k2_categories t2 WHERE t1.catid = t2.id and t1.id='".$itemid."'" ;                                         $database->setQuery( $sql );                                         $row=$database->loadResult();                                         echo $row;

 

It is an old post, but somebody may need it in the future.