How can I display the count of a single category and tag?

for example...

<?php echo $category[ID:34]->count[value] ?>

<?php echo $tag[ID:65]->count[value] ?>

Hello Joe,

This will help as a starting point:
www.joomlaworks.net/forum/k2-en/41833-solved-retrieve-count-of-items-of-user#144866

To load the tag's count you need a different query.
Do not not forget to assign the tag's ID to the $tag_id variable.
The variable names are just for demo purposes.

Thanks for the speedy response @Krikor

Two things:


1. I am not a coder, so I require very explicit instructions (ENTER-CAT-ID-HERE text preferably :)

2. I need to render a count for multiple categories in an item (entered via content editor or module), thus a set-up snippet and then along with simple snippets to render each category count is needed. How would I do this?

Thank You

1) $cat_id = CATEGORY_ID; :)
Simply replace the CATEGORY_ID with the actual ID.

2) I am not sure what you are trying to achieve, do you need a snippet to print the code based on the given category?

I would like to display "various" categories along with their count:

Category A (23 items)
Category B (2 items)
Category F (5 items)
Category N (11 items)
Category P (7 items)
Category Z (32 items)

This is why I posted a suggestion on Git to offer a category selection option to the Category List Menu :)

I almost ready to show you my site. Let's wait until then so you can see exact execution.

Thanks KB

Hmm, wouldn't the K2 Tools module help you?

Not when you trying to display specific categories (vs. all categories within a parent category) or various categories that are not within the same parent category.

This is my suggestion:
github.com/joomlaworks/k2-v3-dev-build/issues/275

So the only current option is to render each category count independently.
The links will be hard coded because they will not change, but the counts need to be dynamic.

Basically you need a merge/ mashup of mod_menu and mod_k2_tools.
I think a custom mod_menu override (with caching) would do the trick.