Categories

Description

Used for work with categories. Available creating subcategories with depth you need, adding images, management using dashboard crud.

Entity

• id - entity primary key
• name - category name
• alias - category alias
• parentId - id of parent category
• path - category path (from root category to the lowermost level category)
• order - category order
• created - created timestamp
• updated - last updated timestamp

Additional info

• alias field must be unique for categories on the same level;
• categories entity uses trait of \Fury\Media\File, so you can add multiple images to any category;
• parentId field is a self-referenced FK, so you can create categories with custom nesting levels;
• treeBuild view helper is used for build categories tree for the root category;
• path field is built automatically based on all parents from root category to the lowermost level one using updateChildrenPath() method in categories service;
• you can get tree for some root category (by its alias) using getTreeForRoot($alias) method in categories service.