Загрузка категорий на этапе формирования страницы, без AJAX

ground/controllers/IndexController.php

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
 		self::addVar('pointLat', 0);
 		self::addVar('pointLng', 0);
 
+		$categoryArray = array();
+		foreach ($category as $cat) {
+			$categoryArray[] = $cat->getValues();
+		}
+
 		$og = array();
 		if (isset($_GET['point']) && $_GET['point'] && is_numeric($_GET['point']))
 		{
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
 
 		self::render('indexTemplate.php', array(
 			'categories' => $category,
+			'categoryArray' => $categoryArray,
 			'user' => App::$user,
 			'routes' => $routes,
 			'favorites' => $favorites,

ground/views/indexTemplate.php

@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
 	<area onclick="hideBigLogo();" shape="rect" coords="0,0,40,40" style="cursor: pointer" title="Спрятать надолго"/>
 	<area href="https://vk.com/wikipoints" shape="rect" coords="40,0,230,40" title="Посетить группу в VK - это интересно и полезно!" target="_blank"/>
 </map>
+<?php if (isset($categoryArray)): ?>
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+		var categoryArray = '<?= json_encode($categoryArray)?>';
+	</script>
+<?php endif; ?>
 <script>
 	$(document).ready(function () {
 		if ($.cookie('doNotShowVKgroup')) {

public/js/app.js

@@ -184,23 +184,17 @@ function showRandomPoint()
  */
 function initCategories()
 {
-	$.ajax({
-		url: "/json/categories/",
-		success: function (data) {
-			for (var k in data) {
-				categories[data[k]['id']] = L.icon({
-					iconUrl: data[k]['icon'],
-					iconSize: [32, 37],
-					iconAnchor: [16, 37],
-					popupAnchor: [0, 1]
-				});
-			}
+	data = JSON.parse(categoryArray);
+	for (var k in data) {
+		categories[data[k]['id']] = L.icon({
+			iconUrl: data[k]['icon'],
+			iconSize: [32, 37],
+			iconAnchor: [16, 37],
+			popupAnchor: [0, 1]
+		});
+	}
 
-			initPoints();
-		}
-	});
-
-	return true;
+	return initPoints();
 }
 
 /**