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hi

back in day of 1.5 used able id of sections , categories using this:

code: select all

$db =& jfactory::getdbo();
$thisarticle=jrequest::getint( 'id');
$query = 'select sectionid, catid #__content id = ' . $thisarticle;
$db->setquery($query);
$rows = $db->loadobjectlist();

//   dummy values in case no section or category
$sectionid=-1; $categoryid=-1;

foreach ( $rows $row ) {
    $categoryid=$row->catid;
   $sectionid=$row->sectionid;
      echo '<p>secid='.$sectionid.' catid='.$categoryid.'</p>';
  } 


now want @ id of parent category.

how please?

thanks

interesting question... had problem myself. solved querying categories table, has parent category ids.but know if there joomla function accomplish task...

i don't have code here right now, can post later if want.