/**
  * finds parent of given category
  * @access public static
  * @param int category_id ID of category
  * parent_id or false if root level category
  */
 static function find_parent($category_id)
 {
     $position = Category::get_position($category_id);
     $position_slices = explode(">", $position);
     $key = count($position_slices) - 3;
     $parent = @$position_slices[$key];
     if ($parent == '') {
         return false;
     } else {
         return $parent;
     }
 }