How to get product category URL Key? - php

Question

How can I get the product category's URL Key?
I can get the category name by $category->getName() but it does not work if I use this $category->getURLKey(),
$categories = $_product->getCategoryCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect('name');
foreach($categories as $category) {
$productCategoryName = $category->getName();
var_dump($category->getURLKey());
}
Return null
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I'm not entirely sure what your goal is, but you're not going to be able to get category information from $_product. Feel free to ask questions based upon my code below. But my code below will grab the active categories children and their info. However, this should be a good enough base for what you're looking to do regardless.
<!-- Use this section if you're trying to grab children categories and their info -->
<?php
$category = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory();
$categories = $category->getCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'thumbnail'))
->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1)
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren())
?>
<div class="subcategories">
<p>Select a category to view products:</p>
<ul class="clearfix">
<!-- Display Each Subcategory Image and Name Feel Free to remove the img src section to remove the image -->
<?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
<li class="grid12-3">
<a href="<?php echo $category->getUrl() ?>" class="clearfix">
<?php if($thumbFile = $category->getThumbnail()): ?>
<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl('media') . 'catalog' . DS . 'category' . DS . $thumbFile;?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($category->getName()) ?>" />
<?php endif;?>
<span><?php echo $category->getName() ?></span></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- End -->
Any questions feel free to ask! Sorry, I just stole an example from a project so the HTML may not line up for a direct copy.

Answer 2

foreach($categories as $category) {
// for category URL key
var_dump($category->getUrlPath());
// for category URL
var_dump($category->getUrl());
}