How can i show entries from two categories?

Question

is there an easy way to show two EE categories in a list? let's say i have agenda/C3 and agenda/C9

can i combine this to agenda/C3&C9 (this obviously doesn't work)

(my problem: the C3 is a default category and should always be showed, even if you select another category)

cheers, dave

Answer 1

I just read the answer you posted answer and you don't need PHP to do this.

In the template where you have your {exp:channel:categories} tag, change how the category URL is created so it just passes the category ID...

<a href="{path=agenda}"> becomes <a href="/agenda/{category_id}">.

This will give you a URL that looks like /agenda/9.

Then in your channel:entries tag you use category="9|{segment_2}".

Answer 2

Have you tried category="" in your channel?

{exp:channel:entries channel="{channels}" category="3|9" dynamic="yes"  }

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/channel_entries.html#category

You could also try low seg2cat http://gotolow.com/addons/low-seg2cat/docs

...where n is the segment number. {segment_category_ids} will return an inclusive stack of all found category ids, for example: 4&12. {segment_category_ids_piped} will return an exclusive list: 4|12.

Answer 3

this is how i solved it

separate category template starting with

<?php
$uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$pieces = explode("/", $uri);
$lastsegment = $pieces[4];
$catid = substr($lastsegment, 1);
?>

and then the tag

{exp:channel:entries channel="agenda" status="open" limit="50" category="9|<?php echo $catid ?>" orderby="entry_date" sort="asc" start_on="{current_time format='%Y-%m-%d 00:00'}" show_future_entries="yes"}

and php enabled on input, 9 is the category id that has to be showed by default