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1. spintoband
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm having the hardest time figuring this out:

   I want to list the parent category of a grandchild without listing its grandfather. I'm using this code to list parents:

   <?php	$category = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   				$parent = ($category->category_parent) ? $category->category_parent : $cat;
   				echo get_category_parents($parent, TRUE, ' &raquo; ', FALSE );
   			?>

   I really have no need for those rackquotes as I only want to list the most immediate parent, and not go further up the chain!

   I was also messing around with this code, but the output of the $parent variable is an unlinked number, rather than a linked nicename. echo $parent->category_nicename; isn't working:
   

   <?php
   								$cat_object = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   								$parentcat = ($cat_object->category_parent) ? $cat_object->category_parent : $cat;
   								echo $parentcat;
   								?>

   Thanks in advance for any help!

   -spinto

2. spintoband
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Here's the solution/hack I ended up using:

   <?php
    $category = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
    $parent = ($category->category_parent) ? $category->category_parent : $cat;
    $parents = get_category_parents($parent, TRUE, '&nbsp;', FALSE);
    $end = '&nbsp';
    $pos_start = strpos($parents, $end) ;
    $pos_end = strpos($parents, $end, ($pos_start+1));
    if ($pos_end === false) {
    echo $parents;  }
    else {
    echo substr($parents, ($pos_start), ($pos_end));
     }  ?>

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