How to determine the category ID on the product page in opencart 1.5 without $_GET['path']?

Question

opencart

The product template uses different styles that are enabled for products in specific categories. Categories are defined by id from $_GET path variable.
Recently turned on the CNC and, of course, all the settings have been lost. Question - how to get category ID?
Does anyone have a similar vqmod patch?

Answer 1

In opencart, in the database, there is a wonderful table oc_product_to_category, in which each product_id corresponds to a certain category_id. I think you should be able to pull out the category_id for your product ID.

Answer 2

$this->request->get['path'] ? no, have not heard