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1. vachi
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   i have been trying to display category image by putting a image link in the category description area than calling the category description inside a img tag as the image src

   now this does not work here is my code
   

   <?php foreach(get_the_category() as $category)
   			{ $thecat = $category->cat_ID; } ?>
   
   			<?php $catImage = category_description($thecat); ?>
   			<?php echo $catImage ?>
   
   			<img src="<?php echo $catImage ?>" />

   now <?php echo $catImage ?> this displays the category description text

   but the image does not show because wordpress is putting some weird things in the call

   any solutions or suggestions are greatly welcome
   i am thankful in advance

2. Chris_K
   Administrator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Does this plugin do what you're after?
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-icons/

   If so, you could either use it or examine code to get a feel for how he does it?

3. vachi
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   tx for the reply, yeah i looked at that plugin before, i am more after displaying the category image in single.php

   the problem with the current code i have is that the img source comes out to be this
   http://blah.com/blog/post-name/%3Cp%3Ehttp://blah.com/blog/files/2009/03/image.png%3C/p%3E

   so it adds these p%3E to the beginning and end of the text and on top of that ads the post link at the beginning

   example where i am using it
   http://vitamovie.com/anime/eureka-seven-episode-50/

   i really want to find a non plugin solution where i can just use the given wordpress category description field

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