protected function getOptions()
{
//check com_vituemart existed
$path = JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_virtuemart';
if (!is_dir($path) || !file_exists(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_virtuemart/helpers/config.php')) {
$this->options[] = JHtml::_('select.option', '', JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_NOT_EXIST'));
} else {
// Initialize variables
require_once JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_virtuemart/helpers/config.php';
require_once JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_virtuemart/models/category.php';
VmConfig::loadConfig();
$categoryModel = new VirtueMartModelCategory();
$categoryModel->_noLimit = true;
$categories = $categoryModel->getCategories();
if (count($categories)) {
// iterating
$temp_options = array();
foreach ($categories as $item) {
array_push($temp_options, array($item->virtuemart_category_id, $item->category_name, $item->category_parent_id));
}
foreach ($temp_options as $option) {
if ($option[2] == 0) {
$this->options[] = JHtml::_('select.option', $option[0], $option[1]);
$this->recursive_options($temp_options, 1, $option[0]);
}
}
}
}
return $this->options;
}
