I've been able to get 
< ?php echo "$Itemid";? >

to return the current menu ItemID, but what I would really like to do is return the current item's category from K2. I've tried several pieces of code, including

< ?php echo "$cid";? >
< ?php echo $this->item->category->id; ? >
< ?php echo $this->category->id; ? >
< ?php echo "$this->cid"; ? >
< ?php echo $this->cid; ? >

Is there a way to get the category ID to be inserted into a template CSS claas or as part of a URL?

Maybe I'm missing something....

< ?php $this->item->catid; ? >

Regards,
l

class="background-< ?php $this->item->catid; ? >"

returns

class="background-">

Obviously the spaces are removed in the real code...

I can't seem to figure it out...

Lukas said:< ?php $this->item->catid; ? >
Regards,
l

In /sometemplate/item.php it works for me..
Are we talking about item.php template?..

l

I was trying to put it in the main Joomla template in order to change the page backgrounds based on the category.

I should have been more specific in what template I was talking about.


Lukas said:In /sometemplate/item.php it works for me.. Are we talking about item.php template?..

l

Than yes, it can't work just with echo...

Probably you need add to J! template some include like require_once(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_k2'.DS.'helpers'.DS.'route.php');
and than write some php function... (something like in helper.php in mod_k2_content...)

l

mmm i hope...

 

< ?php echo $this->item->parent; ? >

 

try and comment.