Буквенный каталог - новости из конкретных категорий

        } elseif ($catalog != "") {
            // Вывод по буквенному идентификатору
            if ($cstart) {
                $cstart = $cstart - 1;
                $cstart = $cstart * $config['news_number'];
            }

            $newsmodule = true;
            
            $url_page = $config['http_home_url'] . "catalog/" . urlencode ( $catalog );
            $user_query = "catalog=" . urlencode ( $catalog );
            
            $news_sort_by = ($config['catalog_sort']) ? $config['catalog_sort'] : "date";
            $news_direction_by = ($config['catalog_msort']) ? $config['catalog_msort'] : "DESC";
            
            if (isset ( $_SESSION['dle_sort_catalog'] )) $news_sort_by = $_SESSION['dle_sort_catalog'];
            if (isset ( $_SESSION['dle_direction_catalog'] )) $news_direction_by = $_SESSION['dle_direction_catalog'];
            
            // ---------------------
            $category = "1,2,3"; // <-- ID категорий через запятую: 1,2,3

            $get_cats = str_replace ( ",", "|", $category );
            if( $config['allow_multi_category'] ) {
                $where_category = "category regexp '[[:<:]](" . $get_cats . ")[[:>:]]' AND ";
            } else {
                if( $config['show_sub_cats'] ) {
                    $get_cats = str_replace ( "|", "','", $get_cats );
                    $where_category = "category IN ('" . $get_cats . "') AND ";
                } else {
                    $where_category = "category = '{$get_cats}' AND ";
                }
            }
            // ----------------------
            
            $sql_select = "SELECT p.id, p.autor, p.date, p.short_story, CHAR_LENGTH(p.full_story) as full_story, p.xfields, p.title, p.category, p.alt_name, p.comm_num, p.allow_comm, p.fixed, p.tags, e.news_read, e.allow_rate, e.rating, e.vote_num, e.votes, e.view_edit, e.editdate, e.editor, e.reason FROM " . PREFIX . "_post p LEFT JOIN " . PREFIX . "_post_extras e ON (p.id=e.news_id) WHERE {$where_category}{$stop_list} symbol = '$catalog' AND approve=1" . $where_date . " ORDER BY " . $news_sort_by . " " . $news_direction_by . " LIMIT " . $cstart . "," . $config['news_number'];
            $sql_count = "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM " . PREFIX . "_post WHERE {$where_category} {$stop_list}symbol = '$catalog' AND approve=1" . $where_date;

        }