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1. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I need to grab the sub category. How can I do that?

   NB
   

   <?php $cat = get_the_category();
   	$parentCatName = get_cat_name($cat[0]->parent);
   	echo $parentCatName; ?>

   gets me the wrong ancestor, but not the parent

2. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php
   	$category = get_the_category();
   	echo $category[0]->cat_name;
   	?>

   Does get me a sub category, but the sub category of the wrong parent category..

3. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0];
   	echo(get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' &raquo; ')); ?>

   Gets me two categories of which one is the wrong parent category and the other a sub category of that same parent..

4. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Well, got a little further:

   <?php $cat = get_the_category();
   		$parentCatName = get_cat_name($cat[2]->parent);
   		echo $parentCatName; ?>

   gets me the right parent category, but I need to display $cat[1] when on a sub category of that page. How to do that?

5. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Maybe
   

   <?php echo get_category_parents( get_query_var('cat') , true , '' ); ?>

   could work. Just needs a little more work..

6. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php
   foreach (get_the_category() as $cat) {
    $parent = get_category($cat->category_parent);
    $parent_name = $parent->cat_name;
    $parent_url =  $parent->slug;
   }
   ?>
   <?php echo $parent_name; ?>

   Shows wrong parent again and does not show the sub category or category child. Maybe I should just get the category..

7. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Got it.

   <?php
         foreach((get_the_category( get_the_ID() )) as $category)
           {
              if(cat_is_ancestor_of(get_cat_ID('x') , $category->cat_ID) )
               {
               $category_link = get_category_link( $category->cat_ID );
               $category_name = get_cat_name( $category->cat_ID );
               $Finalcategory = $category;
               break;
   
              }
   
          }
          ?>

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