Show category ID on categories page right hand column

[14Steve14]

I am trying somethin in my current old store and I needed to show the category ID on the right hand side of the category page.

I created the language define and found the place to edit and have added the following to categories.php

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$contents[] = ['text' => TEXT_CATEGORIES_ID . ' ' . ($cInfo->categories_id)];

above

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$contents[] = ['text' => TEXT_DATE_ADDED . ' ' . tep_date_short($cInfo->date_added)];

It does work, but I just wanted to check that I had it right. Is that the correct way to find the category_id.

[burt]

Yes, that is the way to do it. To save on a core code change, try it with a hook. UNTESTED:

Make file called cat_id.php and upload to /includes/hooks/admin/catalog/

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class hook_admin_catalog_cat_id {
  function listen_infoBox($parameters) {
    global $cInfo;
    
    $parameters['contents'][] = ['text' => TEXT_CATEGORIES_ID . ' ' . ($cInfo->categories_id)];
  }
}

If on an older Phoenix, catalog may need to be categories (in both places in the above code).

[14Steve14]

Cheers Gary. Hopefully its only a temporary thing.