Category tree Loop

Category tree loop, to get a category tree from a given category to a given depth.

{loop type="category-tree" name="the-loop-name" [argument="value"], [...]}

Important informations :

* : argument is required
** : at least one of ** marked argument is required

Global arguments

Argument	Description
backend_context	Determine if loop is use in backend context. default : false example : backend_context="on"
force_return	force return result for i18n tables even if there is no record default : false example : force_return="on"
limit	The maximum number of results to display. example : limit="10"
name *	The loop name. This name must be unique and is used to reference this loop further in the page (see ifloop, elseloop or pageloop)
offset	The first product to display offset. Will not be used if `page` argument is set. default : 0 example : offset="1"
page	The page to display. example : page="2"

Loop arguments

Argument	Description
category *	A single category id. example : category="2"
depth	The max depth example : depth="5"
exclude	A single or a list of category ids to exclude for result. example : exclude="5,72"
return_url Thelia >= 2.3	A boolean value which allows the urls generation. default : yes example : return_url="no"
visible	Whatever we consider hidden category or not. default : true example : visible="false"

Global outputs

Variable	Description
$LOOP_COUNT	the current results index, starting from 1
$LOOP_TOTAL	the total number of results returned by the loop

Loop outputs

Variable	Description
$CHILD_COUNT
$ID	the category id
$LEVEL
$PARENT	the parent category
$PREV_LEVEL
$TITLE	the category title
$URL	the category URL
$VISIBLE	whatever the category is visible or not

I want to display a select list with all visible categories.

<select name="category">
    {loop name="categories-tree" type="category-tree" category="0"}
        <option value="{$ID}">{"-"|str_repeat:$LEVEL} {$TITLE} {if $CHILD_COUNT != 0}({$CHILD_COUNT}){/if}</option>
    {/loop}
</select>