Change first item in Breadcrumb to custom static link

Question

I've got this bit of code that works well for my Joomla setup

However, due to the way my main menu is set up, the first item in every page we have breadcrumbs enabled is always "Products" grayed out -( can't click) - this is due to "Products" being a "Menu Heading"

What can I do with the following so the first item is always the same link ( ie Product Category )

 ?>
<ul class="uk-breadcrumb"><?php

    if (!$params->get('showLast', 1)) array_pop($list);

    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i ++) {

        if ($i == 1 && !empty($list[$i]->link) && !empty($list[$i - 1]->link) && $list[$i]->link == $list[$i - 1]->link)
        {
            continue;
        }

        // clean subtitle from breadcrumb
        if ($pos = strpos($list[$i]->name, '||')) {
            $name = trim(substr($list[$i]->name, 0, $pos));
        } else {
            $name = $list[$i]->name;

        }

        // mark-up last item as strong
        if ($i < $count-1) {
            if (!empty($list[$i]->link)) {
                echo '<li><a href="'.$list[$i]->link.'">'.$name.'</a></li>';
            } else {
                echo '<li><span>'.$name.'</span></li>';
            }
        } else {
            echo '<li class="uk-active"><span>'.$name.'</span></li>';
        }

    }

?></ul>
<?php endif; ?>

I tried adding the below to no avail

echo '<li><span><a href="https://www.example.com/products/product-category">Product Category</a></span></li>';

Essentially, I'm just trying change the Menu Heading in the breadcrumb to a hyperlink, I understand this may not be the best way (hard coding it in) but it will work for my situation.

Answer 1

I was able to figure this out with some trial and error.

I changed one line:

echo '<li><span>'.$name.'</span></li>';

to:

echo '<li><span><a href="https://www.example.com/products/category">Category</a></span></li>';

Here is the whole finished snippet:

<ul class="uk-breadcrumb">
    <?php
    if (!$params->get('showLast', 1)) {
        array_pop($list);
    }

    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {

        if ($i == 1
            && !empty($list[$i]->link)
            && !empty($list[$i - 1]->link)
            && $list[$i]->link == $list[$i - 1]->link
        ) {
            continue;
        }

        // clean subtitle from breadcrumb
        if ($pos = strpos($list[$i]->name, '||')) {
            $name = trim(substr($list[$i]->name, 0, $pos));
        } else {
            $name = $list[$i]->name;
        }

        // mark-up last item as strong
        if ($i < $count - 1) {
            if (!empty($list[$i]->link)) {
                echo '<li><a href="' . $list[$i]->link . '">' . $name . '</a></li>';
            } else {
                echo '<li><span><a href="https://www.example.com/products/category">Category</a></span></li>';
            }
        } else {
            echo '<li class="uk-active"><span>' . $name . '</span></li>';
        }
    }
    ?>
</ul>