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====== Quick Category link with ALIAS/ID ======

A single TAG that makes a link, automatically grabs the title of the destination category and insert the name as link text. 

##**[QIDC|qIDC **category-alias or category-ID**]**## \\

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**rt_qidc_link_to_category_alias** V1.0  29.11.2011  

Docu: -- \\
Forum: [[http://forum.phpwcms.org/viewtopic.php?p=133283]]


**Author:**  K.Heermann (flip-flop) http://planmatrix.de \\
**CMS Version:** >= 1.3 \\ 
**Version:** V1.0 \\

 

TAGs: [QIDC|qIDC category-alias or category-ID]  \\

Fileiname: **rt_qidc_link_to_category_alias.php** 

Folder:  ** template/inc_script/frontend_render/ ** 

**Condition:**  -> [[http://www.phpwcms-docu.de/config_dateien.phtml|/config/phpwcms/conf.inc.php]] \\

  * $phpwcms['allow_ext_render']  = 1;


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===== Script: =====


<code php |h rt_qidc_link_to_category_alias |h >
<?php
 
/**
*********************************************************************************************
* 29.11.11 KH: http://planmatrix.de V1.0
* frontend_render-Script: Link to article alias/id
* A single tag that makes a link, automatically grabs the name of the destination category 
* and inserts the name as link text
* TAGs: [QIDC|[qIDC category alias|category id]
*********************************************************************************************
*/
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// obligate check for phpwcms constants
	if (!defined('PHPWCMS_ROOT')) {
		die("You Cannot Access This Script Directly, Have a Nice Day."); }
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
// ============= [QIDC] Category
if (strpos($content["all"], '[QIDC ') != false OR strpos($content["all"], '[qIDC ') != false ) {
 
	$hidden_category = array(); // CUSTOM: All not available categories like 23,45,78,...'
	
 	preg_match_all('/\[QIDC (.*?)\]/im', $content["all"], $match);


	if ( isset($match['1']) AND !empty($match['1']) ) {				// if match found, replace

		// Separate IDs and articles TAGs
		$id_i = array();		// ID
		$id_a = array();		// article
		
		foreach ($match['1'] as $key=>$value) {
	
			// ID or alias input??  // ID oder alias Eingabe????
			if ((int)$value == $value AND (int)$value != 0) 
				$id_i[] = trim($value);
			else 
				$id_a[] = strtolower(trim($value));
			
		}
		// Count all possible matches for a better performance in loop
		$count = count($id_i);
		$count = $count + count($id_a);
		

		// ID based search
		if (isset($id_i[0])) { 			// Is there any TAG using IDs?
		
			foreach ( $id_i as $key=>$value) {		// Looking for all tagged IDs
			
				if (array_key_exists($value, $content["struct"]) 		AND 	// Looking for the tagged IDs in structure tree
					$content["struct"][$value]["acat_regonly"] == 0 	AND 	// for registered user only
					$content["struct"][$value]["acat_hidden"]  == 0 	AND 	// category hidden? 
					!in_array($value, $hidden_category)	) {						// custom category hidden?
					
					// Replace in content
					$link = '<a href="index.php?'.$content["struct"][$value]['acat_alias'].'" title="'.$content["struct"][$value]['acat_name'].'">'.$content["struct"][$value]['acat_name'].'</a>';
					$content["all"] = str_replace('[QIDC '.$value.']',$link, $content["all"] );
					$content["all"] = str_replace('[qIDC '.$value.']',$link, $content["all"] );
					$count--;
				}
			}
		}
		
		// article based search
		if (isset($id_a[0])) {			// Is there any TAG using IDs?
		
			foreach ( $content["struct"] as $key=>$value) {		// Looking for all tagged IDs
			
				if (in_array($value['acat_alias'],$id_a) 		 	AND 		// Looking for all tagged IDs
					$content["struct"][$key]["acat_regonly"] == 0 	AND 		// for registered user only
					$content["struct"][$key]["acat_hidden"]  == 0 	AND 		// category hidden? 
					!in_array($value['acat_alias'], $hidden_category)	) {		// custom category hidden?
					
					// Replace in content
					$link = '<a href="index.php?'.$content["struct"][$key]['acat_alias'].'" title="'.$content["struct"][$key]['acat_name'].'">'.$content["struct"][$key]['acat_name'].'</a>';
					$content["all"] = preg_replace('/\[QIDC '.$content["struct"][$key]['acat_alias'].'\]/im',$link, $content["all"] );
					
					// Faster solution: If no match is possible -> break the loop
					$count--;
					if ($count == 0) break;
				}
			}
		}
		
		if ($count > 0)		// If no match kill the rest
			$content["all"] = preg_replace('/\[QIDC (.*?)\]/im','[[No Link set!]]', $content["all"] );
		
	} // END ( isset($match['1'])
	
}

?>
</code>
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  * In "$hidden_category" category IDs can be registered, which then will be excluded from selection. //%%('23,56,74,12,...')%% //.


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