Change value in string instead of hard coding - php

Question

Experts is there any option to automatically increase +1 in category_level
for ex: $cond_cat=" where category_level='1' and ID='$sleads' "; than $cond_cat=" where category_level='2' and parent_id ='$sleads' ";
my code is given below.
<?php
include('classes/global.php');
$CT=new Product();
$AdminObj=new Admin();
$sleads=$_REQUEST['sleads'];
$cond_cat=" where category_level='1' and ID='$sleads' ";
$catResult_cond=$CT->getCategory($cond_cat);
$cond_cat=" where category_level='2' and parent_id ='$sleads' ";
$subCatResult_cond=$CT->getCategory($cond_cat);
?>

Answer 1

You may want to try to recursively get subcategories as a child of the subcategory you are into.
<?php
function getSubCategories($level) {
// you should obviously get the $sleads variable in here, for this to work.
$cond_cat = "where category_level='%d' and ID='$sleads' ";
$subcategories = $CT->getCategory(sprintf($cond_cat, $level));
if (count($subcategories) > 0) {
foreach($subcategories as $subcategory) {
$subcategory->subcategories = $CT->getCategory(sprintf($cond_cat, $level+1));
}
}
return $subcategories;
}
$i = 1;
$categories = getSubCategories($i);
?>
This will get you something like:
// $categories // first level
// foreach($categories as $cat) {
// $cat->subcategories // second level categories
// foreach($cat->subcategories as $subcategory) {
// $subcategory->subcategories // third level
// }
// }
// and so on
Please take into account that I assume that your $CT->getCategory function returns an array of category records.
If that is not the case (taking into consideration that you also add an ID="" in your query), you should also alter that function, or use a function that returns multiple category records.