获取当前类别的父类别

Question

I'm working on a website where my clients want me to display the parent category of current category. I know how to display the category of current product.

Mage::registry('current_category')->getName();

But I'm struggling to get the parent category of that category. Please help me regarding this. I'm a budding developer.

Answer 1

To get Parent Category Id you must know the current category Id, for that you need to write

<?php
$_cat = new Mage_Catalog_Block_Navigation();
$curent_cat = $_cat->getCurrentCategory();
$curent_cat_id = $curent_cat->getId();?>

Now you can get Parent Category Id. write the code given below to get the Id

<?php $parentId=Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($curent_cat_id)->getParentId();
echo $parentId; // $parentId will print your current category's parent Id
?>

Answer 2

Please refer this blog it contains the necessary information to achieve your requirement

Best of Luck :)

Answer 3

You can simply use this short code to get the parent category:

$parentId = Mage::registry('current_category')->getParentId();
$parent = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($parentId);
exit($parent->getName());