{cat_id} changes each pageload

[Jasondavis]

{cat_id} changes in my template each page reload if a category has 0 images, it's complicated why I need this done but is there any way around this?

[V@no]

what template? what are u trying to do? sounds like the {cat_id} is being used from random image...

[Jasondavis]

This is in my category.html template, I have category comments so if the category has 0 images in it each page load it is wanting to load a different {cat_id} in my comment area which results in it showing comments from other categories

[Jasondavis]

 {self} would almost work but it shows cat_id=categories.php?cat_id=347 and I need it show cat_id=categories2.php?cat_id=347

[Phedo]

I do not know if this problem is solved, but I had the same I find a solution by myself.

I added in categories.php around line 73:

$site_template->register_vars(array(
  "categories" => get_categories($cat_id),
  "cat_name" => format_text($cat_cache[$cat_id]['cat_name'], 2),
[...]

  "random_cat_image" => $random_cat_image

this at the end:

,"title" => $_GET[cat_id]

That's the trick. In my template I call {title} to get the cat-ID without being overwritten from random image.

I hope, there will be a solution in some next version of 4images so that you could use the catid without changing the code.

Phedo.