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1. dezynworks
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   When I run get_categories() I get back a list of all my categories, one of which is:

   [1] => stdClass Object
           (
               [term_id] => 7
               [name] => California
               [slug] => california
               [term_group] => 0
               [term_taxonomy_id] => 7
               [taxonomy] => category
               [description] =>
               [parent] => 6
               [count] => 2
               [cat_ID] => 7
               [category_count] => 2
               [category_description] =>
               [cat_name] => California
               [category_nicename] => california
               [category_parent] => 6
           )

   However, if I run
   

   $args = array( parent => 6 );
   get_categories( $args );

   I get nothing. If I set parent to zero I get the root categories as expected, but zero is the only value that returns anything. I'm totally at a loss. I've tried every combination of hierarchical & hide_empty, but I can't get any results out of get_categories besides all categories or just root categories. What am I missing? This is making me crazy.

   -Dez

2. Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture)
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Hi dezynworks,

   Make sure the parent parameter in your $args array is in single quotes, e.g.
   

   $args = array( 'parent' => 6 );

   It's also possible for one reason or another, you might need to test against the category_parent parameter instead. So maybe:
   

   $args = array( 'category_parent' => 6 );

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