Filtering Categories

[x232]

Hi,

I am trying to replicate the ebay filtering system: antiques.shop.ebay.com/items/Antiques__W0QQ_sacatZ20081

as you can see the items on that page are being pulled in from the sub (sub/sub) categories of the main category (Antiques)

how can i pull off the above so that a category can display items from its sub categories and show them.

the solution needs to mysql/php driven.

regards
rg

[Drakla]

Well that last part of the url Antiques__W0QQ_sacatZ20081 you've probaly worked out is a parameter string, I'd say the parameters are separated by underscored - the second one being blank. The order is predefined so it's easy to attach them to variables.

Mod Rewrite (google it) is used to convert it to basically the equivalent of:

items.php?cat=Antiques&something=&subcat=W0QQ&id=sacat720081

After that it's just all php. The mod rewrite thing might be the most confusing thing if you've never seen it before, but there's plenty of examples of it on this forum if you search.

[x232]

thnx for the reply

Pardon my ignorance but how exactly would i pull out items for a category using the parameter string of the url? remember the way ebay does it is that it searches all the subcategories of a category and then puts the returned items onto the page.