WP-Ecommerce show category name on product page

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I am using WP-Ecommerce and would like to show the product’s category on the single product page. I have searched around and found something (posted by Rohan on this site) that almost works: 

function cdl_get_cat() {
global $wp_query, $wpsc_query;
$query_data = Array();
$cdl_post_id = wpsc_the_product_id();

$categories = wp_get_object_terms( $cdl_post_id , 'wpsc_product_category' );
//if product is associated w more than one category
if(count($categories) > 1 && isset($wpsc_query->query_vars['wpsc_product_category']))
$query_data['category'] = $wpsc_query->query_vars['wpsc_product_category'];
elseif(count($categories) > 0)
$query_data['category'] = $categories[0]->slug;

return $query_data['category'];
}
echo cdl_get_cat();

While this code does what I need it to, it displays the category name as a slug (i.e. eye-shadow instead of Eye Shadow). I’m not very fluent with PHP so I’m not sure what needs to be changed in order to display the name instead of the slug.

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  1. I’ve been struggling with this all day and I’m not great at php either… But I’ve got it to work by deleting this bit (which i didnt understand..):

    //if product is associated w more than one category
if(count($categories) > 1 && isset($wpsc_query->query_vars['wpsc_product_category']))
$query_data['category'] = $wpsc_query->query_vars['wpsc_product_category'];
elseif(count($categories) > 0)

    then changing ‘slug’ to ‘name’ here:

    $query_data['category'] = $categories[0]->slug;

    so all you need is this:

    <?php function cdl_get_cat() {
global $wp_query, $wpsc_query;
$query_data = Array();
$cdl_post_id = wpsc_the_product_id();

$categories = wp_get_object_terms( $cdl_post_id , 'wpsc_product_category' );
$query_data['category'] = $categories[0]->name;

return $query_data['category'];

}
echo cdl_get_cat();
?>

    if you have more that one category for one product changing the [0] will give you a different one as I think $categories is an array with all associated categories in it. You should probably be able to loop through all of them if needed. I should look up how to do that!

  2. Thanks, found this useful for adding a class to a product of the category it’s in:

    Before the product loop: 

        <?php function cdl_get_cat() {
    global $wp_query, $wpsc_query;
    $query_data = Array();
    $cdl_post_id = wpsc_the_product_id();

    $categories = wp_get_object_terms( $cdl_post_id , 'wpsc_product_category' );

    $count = count($categories);

        for ($i = 0; $i < ($count); $i++) {
            $query_data['category'] = $categories[$i]->name;
            echo $query_data['category'];
            if ($i < ($count - 1))
            echo ", ";
        }

    }  
    cdl_get_cat();
    ?>

    Then in the loop:

    <li class="product_grid_item product_view_<?php echo wpsc_the_product_id(); ?> <?php cdl_get_cat(); ?>">

  3. Wow, i think I’ve got it, or got somewhere better…
    This should get all the categories associated with the displayed product then loop out a list, separated by commas.

    <?php function cdl_get_cat() {
global $wp_query, $wpsc_query;
$query_data = Array();
$cdl_post_id = wpsc_the_product_id();

$categories = wp_get_object_terms( $cdl_post_id , 'wpsc_product_category' );

$count = count($categories);

    for ($i = 0; $i < ($count); $i++) {
        $query_data['category'] = $categories[$i]->name;
        echo $query_data['category'];
        if ($i < ($count - 1))
        echo ", ";
    }

}  
cdl_get_cat();
?>