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# udm_cat_path

Get the path to the current category

### Description

array udm_cat_path ( resource `$agent` , string `$category` )

Returns an array describing the path in the categories tree from the tree root to the current one, specified by `category`.

### Parameters

`agent`

  A link to Agent, received after call to udm_alloc_agent.

`category`

### Return Values

The returned array consists of pairs. Elements with even index numbers contain the category paths, odd elements contain the corresponding category names.

For example, the call $array=udm_cat_path($agent, '02031D'); may return the following array:

     $array[0] will contain ''
     $array[1] will contain 'Root'
     $array[2] will contain '02'
     $array[3] will contain 'Sport'
     $array[4] will contain '0203'
     $array[5] will contain 'Auto'
     $array[4] will contain '02031D'
     $array[5] will contain 'Ferrari'

### Examples

Example #1 Specifying path to the current category in the following format: '> Root > Sport > Auto > Ferrari'

`<?php
$cat_path_arr = udm_cat_path($udm_agent, $cat);
$cat_path = '';
for ($i=0; $i<count($cat_path_arr); $i+=2) {
$path = $cat_path_arr[$i];
$name = $cat_path_arr[$i+1];
$cat_path .= " > <a href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?cat=$path\">$name</a> ";
}
?>`

### See Also

- udm_cat_list