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1. atdheh
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Hello,

   I have a lyrics site, so I have a lot of categories.
   I have pages A, B, C...
   Example: How to list categories that starts with A*

   Thank you.

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 months ago #

   <?php
   //list categories if begin with letter a/A
   $categories=get_categories();
   if ($categories) {
     foreach($categories as $category) {
       if ( strtoupper(substr($category->name,0,1)) =='A' ) {
         echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a></p> ';
       }
     }
   }
   ?>

3. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Michael you'll get faster results with get_terms (it's thousandths of a second, but it's 5-9 times faster)..
   

   $categories = get_terms('category', 'name__like=a%');
   //$categories = get_terms('category', 'name__like=A%');
   if ($categories) {
   	foreach($categories as $category) {
   		echo '<p><a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a></p> ';
   	}
   }

   Took your code and switched to get_terms...
   name__like paramter is perfect for this case to..

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Thanks Mark. I will try to remember that ;)

5. gcarson
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   What would be the code to see if it starts with a number? i tried name__like= 'num' or 'number' but it didn't seem to work. Any thoughts?

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