Loading categories by their IDs in Magento 2

April 21, 2016 - Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

To load categories by their IDs in Magento 2, Dmitry Fedyuk recommends the following:

magento/magento2/blob/2.0.0/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Category/View.php#L124

* @return \Magento\Catalog\Model\Category
*/
protected function _initCategory()
{
   $categoryId = (int)$this->getRequest()->getParam('id', false);
   if (!$categoryId) {
       return false;
   }

   try {
       $category = $this->categoryRepository->get($categoryId, $this->_storeManager->getStore()->getId());
   } catch (NoSuchEntityException $e) {
       return false;
   }
   if (!$this->_objectManager->get('Magento\Catalog\Helper\Category')->canShow($category)) {
       return false;
   }
   $this->_catalogSession->setLastVisitedCategoryId($category->getId());
   $this->_coreRegistry->register('current_category', $category);
   try {
       $this->_eventManager->dispatch(

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* @return \Magento\Catalog\Model\Category

*/

protected function _initCategory()

{

$categoryId = (int)$this->getRequest()->getParam('id', false);

if (!$categoryId) {

return false;

}

try {

$category = $this->categoryRepository->get($categoryId, $this->_storeManager->getStore()->getId());

} catch (NoSuchEntityException $e) {

return false;

}

if (!$this->_objectManager->get('Magento\Catalog\Helper\Category')->canShow($category)) {

return false;

}

$this->_catalogSession->setLastVisitedCategoryId($category->getId());

$this->_coreRegistry->register('current_category', $category);

try {

$this->_eventManager->dispatch(

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