mod_articles_category Override - Adding category link outside of loop

Question

I have a custom layout for mod_articles_category. I am trying to add the Category link outside that this Articles Category item links to, but outside of the loop of $items.

I have tried this, but had no luck:

<div class="container text-center">
    <h2><a href="<?php echo $list->displayCategoryLink; ?>" title="Luxton Testimonials">What they say</a></h2>
    <?php echo print_r($list); ?>
</div>

How do I get the category link that is available in the article loop with $item->displayCategoryLink; but outside of the actual article loop, for a heading?

Answer 1

It's not very clear what you are trying to do.
This module can display articles from many categories and also works in various modes.

In the case of multiple categories, what is the one that you will display as heading?

At the other hand, there is no such thing as $list->displayCategoryLink;

Anyway, in the case you show articles from 1 only category, and you want to get the link of that category outside of the loop, to use it in anyway you want, you can access the link of the first item of the list like this:

$list[0]->displayCategoryLink;

Answer 2

Joomla by default uses $item-> instead of $list-> to make sure your foreach loop looks like this:

foreach ($SOME_VARIABLE as $list){
   // code here
}

Which will mean the following will work.

$list->displayCategoryLink;

If that's what you already have, then go to:

Joomla backend >> Module Manager >> Articles Category >> Display Options (tab)

Then set Category to Yes else the category for each article won't display ;)

Hope this helps