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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. sohel/traverse-category ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) sohel/traverse-category ======================= Get child from parent category and parent from child category v1.1.0(3y ago)24MITPHP Since Aug 28Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/s-ahmed007/traverse-category)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sohel/traverse-category)[ RSS](/packages/sohel-traverse-category/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (2)DependenciesVersions (3)Used By (0) Traverse Category ================= [](#traverse-category) Get child from parent category and parent from child category --- Every time I build another Laravel app where I need all hierarchical child category ids, I find myself re-using the same query over the years. This package allows you to accurately find child category ids of a parent category. This will speed up the development progress. Installation ------------ [](#installation) Installation is straightforward, setup is similar to every other Laravel Package. #### Install via Composer [](#install-via-composer) Begin by pulling in the package through Composer: ``` composer require sohel/traverse-category ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) This package is easy to use. It provides a handful of helpful functions. It is auto discovered package. So you just need to install this package and use where you need. #### \[IMPORTANT\] What this package does NOT do [](#important-what-this-package-does-not-do) This does NOT return all of the results in the model's table. --- ### Database Structure [](#database-structure) Category table should be like following. `category_id` and its `parent_id` column must be in the same table. ##### Example: [](#example) ``` Schema::create('categories', function (Blueprint $table) { $table->id(); $table->string('title'); $table->bigInteger('parent_id')->nullable(); ..... ..... }); ``` *Note: change table name and column name as you wish.* ### How This Tool Works [](#how-this-tool-works) If you have more than 2 level of categories then you may need this. ##### Example: [](#example-1) ``` Clothing -->Men -->Shirt -->Pant -->Shoe -->Sneakers -->Formal Shoes -->Sandals ..... -->Women -->T-Shirt -->Pant -->Shoe -->Fashion Boots -->Flip Flops -->Ballet Flats ..... -->Kids -->Shirt -->Pant -->Shoe ..... ``` ### Child Id [](#child-id) --- Now if you need all hierarchical ids of `Clothing` category then ultimately you have to get all category ids under `Clothing`. We have a method called `getAllChildCategoryIds()` which provides your desired child ids along with that `parent_id`. You just need to call this method with some parameters. Parametes are: `table_name`, `primary_key_column_name`, `parent_id_column_name`, `parent_categroy_id`, `db_connection` (optional). *Note: default value of `db_connection` is 'mysql'.* ##### Example: [](#example-2) ``` use Sohel\TraverseCategory\Facades\TraverseCategory; class TestClass { public function testFunction() { $categoy_ids = TraverseCategory::getAllChildCategoryIds('categories', 'id', 'parent_id', 3); return $category_ids; //sample output [3, 5, 7, 10, 21, 22, .....] } } ``` This method will provide an array of ids. If nothing found then result will be an empty array. --- We have another method `getDirectChildCategoryIds()` which will provide only the direct child ids. If you need direct child of `Clothing` category then this will return ids of `men`, `women` and `kids`. This method also receives parameter like above. ##### Example: [](#example-3) ``` use Sohel\TraverseCategory\Facades\TraverseCategory; class TestClass { public function testFunction() { $categoy_ids = TraverseCategory::getDirectChildCategoryIds('categories', 'id', 'parent_id', 3); return $category_ids; //sample output [5, 7, 10] } } ``` --- ### Parent Id [](#parent-id) To get all hierarchical parent ids we can use `getAllParentCategoryIds()`. Parameters are same as above. Contact ------- [](#contact) I am always on Twitter, and it is a great way to communicate with me. 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