Simple magento category question

Question

How can I stop getChildren() being recursive?

$categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(2)->getChildren();

I only want to know the immediate children of a category, not it's grandchildren.

Answer 1

Use addLevelFilter :-

$categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')
                    ->getCollection()
                    ->addAttributeToSelect('*')
                    ->addIsActiveFilter()
                    ->addLevelFilter(1)
                    ->addOrderField('name');

For more:- Get list of all categories

Hope this helps.