Get Product Category Name In Module using Prestashop 1.6

Question

I created my own module for prestashop (very basic currently).

I want to add some customization to products (similar to Attribute Wizard Pro ) Ultimate Goal: I would like for my module to display a little form on the product page depending on which category the product is in (slightly varied forms for each category) - and the results of that form would be saved when the product is purchased.

I want to put the form in the RightColumnProduct - I can do that by accessing it in this hook and calling the TPL I created.

public function hookDisplayRightColumnProduct()
{
    /* Place your code here. */
    /*Get the Current Category name to see which TPL to show*/


    return $this->display(__FILE__,'views/hooks/mytpl.tpl');
}

What I need to do is access the category name for the current product, but that is proving difficult to do.

I've tried various solutions with no success.

Answer 1

This snippet will show you name of the default product category.

$product = $this->context->controller->getProduct(); $category = new Category((int)$product->id_category_default, (int)$this->context->language->id); echo $category->name;