/**
* Convert the categories to categories ids
*
* @param string $cats Categories full names
* @return string Categogories indexes ids
*/
public static function categoryNamesToIds($cats)
{
if ($cats === "") {
$cats = array();
} else {
$cats = explode(",", $cats);
}
kArray::trim($cats);
$catsIds = array();
foreach ($cats as $cat) {
$categories = categoryPeer::getByFullNameWildcardMatch($cat);
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$catsIds[] = $category->getId();
}
}
return implode(",", $catsIds);
}