all categories & products on front page?

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<?php  
class ControllerCommonHome extends Controller {
	public function index() {
		$this->language->load('common/home');
		
		$this->document->title = sprintf($this->language->get('title'), $this->config->get('config_store'));
		$this->document->description = $this->config->get('config_meta_description');
		$this->document->breadcrumbs = array();
      	$this->document->breadcrumbs[] = array(
        	'href'      => $this->url->http('common/home'),
        	'text'      => $this->language->get('text_home'),
        	'separator' => FALSE
      	);
		
		$this->load->model('catalog/product');
		$this->load->model('catalog/review');
		$this->load->model('tool/seo_url');

		$this->data['heading_title'] = sprintf($this->language->get('heading_title'), $this->config->get('config_store'));
		$this->data['welcome'] = html_entity_decode($this->config->get('config_welcome_' . $this->language->getId()));
		$this->data['text_latest'] = $this->language->get('text_latest');
		$this->data['button_add_to_cart'] = $this->language->get('button_add_to_cart');
		
		$this->load->helper('image');

		$this->load->model('catalog/category');
		
		// -- here begins the looping through the categories and then within each category,
		// -- looping through the products.  a new array called $concat is created, with
		// -- the format $concat[$j]['product'][$k]['product_id'].  $j and $k are the category
		// -- and product indices.  The description of the second category is therefore
		// -- $concat[1]['description'] while the price of the fourth product in the third
		// -- category is $concat[2]['product'][3]['price']
		
		$newcatnumber=0;
		foreach ($this->model_catalog_category->getCategories() as $catResult) {
			$concat[$newcatnumber] = array(
			'name' => $catResult['name'],
			'cat_id' => $catResult['category_id'],
			'description' => strip_tags($catResult['description'])
			);
			
			$newprodnumber=0;
			foreach ($this->model_catalog_product->getProductsByCategoryId($catResult['category_id']) as $prodResult) {
			if ($prodResult['image']) {
				$image = $prodResult['image'];
			} else {
				$image = 'no_image.jpg';
			}
			$rating = $this->model_catalog_review->getAverageRating($prodResult['product_id']);	
			$special = $this->model_catalog_product->getProductSpecial($prodResult['product_id']);
			
			
			if ($special) {
				$special = $this->currency->format($this->tax->calculate($special, $result['tax_class_id'], $this->config->get('config_tax')));
			} else {
				$special = FALSE;
			}		
				$concat[$newcatnumber]['product'][$newprodnumber] = array(
					'name'	  => $prodResult['name'],
					'model'	  => $prodResult['model'],
					'description'	=>	htmlspecialchars_decode($prodResult['description'], ENT_NOQUOTES),
					'rating'  => $rating,
					'stars'	  => sprintf($this->language->get('text_stars'), $rating),
					'thumb'	  => HelperImage::resize($image, 120, 120),
					'price'   => $this->currency->format($this->tax->calculate($prodResult['price'], $prodResult['tax_class_id'], $this->config->get('config_tax'))),
 					'special' => $special, 
					'href'	  => $this->model_tool_seo_url->rewrite($this->url->http('product/product&product_id=' . $prodResult['product_id'])),
					'product_id'    => $prodResult['product_id'],
					'href2'   => $this->url->http('checkout/cart')
				);

				$newprodnumber++;;
			}
			
			$newcatnumber++;
		}
		$this->data['concat'] = $concat;  // make $concat available to the common/home.tpl template
		$this->data['button_add_to_cart'] = $this->language->get('button_add_to_cart');

		$this->id       = 'content';
		$this->template = $this->config->get('config_template') . 'common/home.tpl';
		$this->layout   = 'common/layout';

		
		$this->render();
	}
}
?>