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1. OzPoker
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Prolly a simple answer but I want to display a set of links from a category.

   I am using this code
   

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=6&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   Now this works fine if all i want to display in the link name is the title.

   But the posts in question are in a category in the form :
   x category >> y sub-cat >> z sub-cat >> post

   I would like the link names to appear in the form:
   "z sub-cat name" "post title"
   not just "post title"

   Does anyone know how to code this properly ?

2. OzPoker
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   come on - this one would be easy for most of you guys

   please ?

3. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Patience, etc...

   Here's one problem on getting an answer:

   "But the posts in question are in a category in the form : x category >> y sub-cat >> z sub-cat >> post"

   Does this mean the post is assigned ONLY to the 'z sub-cat' category? Also, do you expect the category text to link to the category, or do you plan to make it just part of the post link?

4. OzPoker
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   lol - sorry

   yes post is assigned only to one category but htat category is a child category of a child category of a parent category.

   I just want to blend the category name with the title name to make the link name and that should link to the post only.

   Hope that is a little clearer.

   Thanks for your help.

5. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Simple way to accomplish this (assuming I have the request down pat) is to collect the category of the post through get_the_category() and print it out. get_the_category() will create an array as there is the possibility more than one category will exist for a post, but we can jump to the initial entry in that array here, as we can assume there's only one category on the post:
   

   <?php
   $recent = new WP_Query("cat=6&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();
   $category = get_the_category();
   ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo $category[0]->name; ?> <?php the_title(); ?></a>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

6. OzPoker
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   yup thats it - Thanks so much

   I was playing with the same commands all day but couldn't quite get the syntax right (my php sucks - lol )

   Thanks again

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