Check if subcategory exists in current category in magento

Check if subcategory exists in current category

I have the following category setup in my magento store: store root | bedroom kitchen bathroom | | | furniture furniture furniture lighting lighting misc misc I need to be able to check if the category misc exists as a subcategory in my current category or not, and if so show a particular block. So if i was in the kitchen category it would not show but in bedroom and bathroom it would. How can i do this this check?

You can get the list of subcategories of a category like this: $currentCategoryId = 10; $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection() ->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1) //only active categories ->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $currentCategoryId); If you want to check if only a specific category is present...in your case with the name 'misc' just add an additional filter to the code above: $currentCategoryId = 10; $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection() ->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1) //only active categories ->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $currentCategoryId) ->addAttributeToFilter('name', 'misc') //filter by name ->setPage(1,1) //set a limit to the collection ->addAttributeToSelect('url_key'); And you don't even need to load the full collection. You just need to check if the collection from above has at least 1 item in it. if ($collection->getSize() == 1) { // 'misc' exists $url = $collection->getFirstItem()->getUrl(); } else { // no 'misc' subcategory for you. }