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1. dumdumsareyum
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I'm trying to use the following example from the codex that creates a dropdown list of categories:

   <select name="event-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'>
    <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Event')); ?></option>
    <?php
     $categories=  get_categories('child_of=10');
     foreach ($categories as $cat) {
     	$option = '<option value="/category/archives/'.$cat->category_nicename.'">';
   	$option .= $cat->cat_name;
   	$option .= ' ('.$cat->category_count.')';
   	$option .= '</option>';
   	echo $option;
     }
    ?>
   </select>

   But instead of 'child_of=10' I want it to list the child categories of the current category being queried. I see how to get the single title with single_cat_title()...is there something similar to get the category id? Thanks!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Try $cat_id = get_query_var('cat');

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