devot:eeDevoted to ExpressionEngine

Installation

 
• Create a folder called ‘cat2’ inside ./system/expressionengine/third_party/
 
• Move the file pi.cat2.php into the folder

Tags:

{exp:cat2:id}
{exp:cat2:name}
{exp:cat2:url_title}

Parameters:

category_url_title=
category_name=
category_id=
category_group=
debug="yes|no"

Example use:

category_id from category_url_title:

{exp:cat2:id category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5"}

category_id from category_name:

{exp:cat2:id category_name="my category" category_group="5"}

category_name from category_id:

{exp:cat2:name category_id="25" category_group="5"}

category_name from category_url_title:

{exp:cat2:name category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5"}

category_url_title from category_id:

{exp:cat2:url_title category_id="25" category_group="5"}

category_url_title from category_name:

{exp:cat2:url_title category_name="my category" category_group="5"}

Can also be used as a tag pair, e.g.:

{exp:cat2:id category_url_title="my_category" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category_id}
{/exp:cat2:id}

{exp:cat2:name category_id="25" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category_name}
{/exp:cat2:name}

{exp:cat2:url_title category_id="25" category_group="5" parse="inward"}
    {category_url_title}
{/exp:cat2:url_title}