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1. Buckycat7
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm working on a theme that has different category sections on the home page, like sports, news, commentary, etc. I'm trying to find a way where I can call the category title from the database so if any of the category names change we don't have to do in the code.

   I could I use something like query_post(cat=1) and then just some how call the title?

   This is the coded I'm using for the sections right now:
   

   <h2>Category 2</h2>
   <ul>
   
   <?php
   								query_posts("cat=7showposts=6");			if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   								<li><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></li>
   
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   								<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
   								<?php endif; ?> 
   
   </ul>

   So I'm looking for a way to dynamically call the category title into the h2 tag. Any ideas?

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Use Function_Reference/get_category
   

   <?php
   $cat = 2;
   $category=get_category($cat);
   // echo "<pre>"; print_r($category); echo "</pre>";
   echo $category->cat_name;
   ?>

3. Buckycat7
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks so much. Worked perfectly.

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