public function is_valid_categories($value)
{
$key = "left(soundex( name ),4)";
$value = "left(soundex( '{$value}' ),4)";
$conditionoperator = " = ";
$Category = new Application_Model_Category();
$object = $Category->fetchRow("{$key} {$conditionoperator} {$value}");
//$query = "SELECT catid FROM #__sobi2_categories WHERE $key $conditionoperator $value";
if (!empty($object)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
/**
* @Created By : Mahipal Singh Adhikari
* @Created On : 30-Dec-2010
* @Description : Get blog category from blog ID
* @Param : int - blogID
* @Return : array if found category else return false
*/
public function getBlogCategory($blogID)
{
$blogCategory = "";
if (!is_null($blogID) && is_numeric($blogID)) {
$blogRes = $this->find($blogID);
if (false !== $blogRes) {
$category_id = $blogRes->getCategoryId();
$categoryM = new Application_Model_Category();
$whereCond = "id={$category_id} AND type='blog'";
$categoryRes = $categoryM->fetchRow($whereCond);
if (false !== $categoryRes) {
$blogCategory = array("category_id" => $categoryRes->getId(), "category_name" => $categoryRes->getName());
//print_r($blogCategory);
}
}
} else {
$blogCategory = false;
}
return $blogCategory;
}