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In the Channel Categories API documentation it says to expect an array count of seven, [0-6].

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/development/api/api_channel_categories.html

Notice in the screenshot the returned category_tree() array contains a count of 6, [0-5], missing the (int) Category Parent ID index.

My code to generate this error is simple:

$this->EE->load->library('api');
$this->EE->api->instantiate('channel_categories');
  
$category_tree = $this->EE->api_channel_categories->category_tree($cat_group->row('group_id'));
  
var_dump($category_tree);exit();

Before submitting a bug report, I wanted to confirm it was a bug. As it stands, the entire method isn’t usable unless I have hook into the parent. Anyway around this issues? I looked at the code at directly in the Api_channel_categories.php file and doesn’t seem like a bug exactly, more like it’s just not suppose to be there.

$this->categories[$key] = array($key, $val['1'], $val['2'], $val['3'], $sel, $depth);

//$this->categories[$key] = array('cat_id' => $key, 'cat_name' => $val['1'], 'group_id' => $val['2'], 'group_name' => $val['3'], 'selected' => $sel, 'depth' => $depth);     
    
$this->_category_subtree($key, $cat_array, $depth, $selected);

Hi SaucePan Creative,

Can you supply the version of ExpressionEngine that you are experiencing this with? I need that info to be able to replicate this.

Thanks!

v2.2.2, I guess I should have tried to upgrade first to see if that fixed the problem, but that would mean more strict minimum requirements for users buying the add-on.

I understand wanting to get your add-on to the broadest market possible. Can you set up a 2.3.1 sandbox and see if the problem still exits? I don’t have 2.2.2 running anywhere. There are a couple of things to keep in mind here, we don’t provide support for add-on development, but I’ll run this up to the Devs to see if they have some insight. I could also move this over to the Development and Programming forum to get the Community in on the discussion. It’s likely others have run into this issue and have a solution handy.

Cheers!

Dan bumped me on this so I took a quick look- it appears this was fixed by 2.3.0:

$this->categories[$key] = array($key, $val['1'], (int) $val['2'], $val['3'], $sel, $depth, (int) $val[0]);

In this particular case?  I wouldn’t worry about backwards compatibility beyond there, particularly for a new add-on.  And going forward, you should be good to go.

Thanks Robin. Can you go ahead and perform an upgrade please SaucePan Creative and confirm that the fix indeed works for you?