How to get a category listing from Magento?

Question

I want to create a page in Magento that shows a visual representation of the categories.. example

CATEGORY
 product 1
 product 2

ANOTHER CATEGORY
 product 3


        

Answer 1

I adapted this from Paul Whipp's website:

SELECT e.entity_id AS 'entity_id', vn.value AS 'name'   
FROM catalog_category_entity e  
LEFT JOIN catalog_category_entity_varchar vn  
ON e.entity_id = vn.entity_id AND vn.attribute_id = 33 
ORDER BY entity_id;

This will provide you with the catalog category IDs.

Answer 2

Hey something like this might help you, I've adapted it slightly to answer your question more specifically.

 $h3h3=Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(5);  // YOU NEED TO CHANGE 5 TO THE ID OF YOUR CATEGORY


$h3h3=$h3h3->getProductCollection();


foreach($h3h3->getAllIds() as $lol)
{
    $_product=Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($lol);

    print $_product->getName()."<br/>";

}