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1. paolodit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi

   I am doing a dirty hack, and all I want is the category title to be passed to php on the single.php template.. Simple right?

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/single_cat_title

   So at top of single.php, I do:

   <?php
   $current_category = single_cat_title("", false);
   echo "[" . $current_category . "]";
   ?>

   And it doesn't work. Nor do any of the other ideas I had. help?!

   thanks

2. leogermani
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This will only work inside the Loop

3. paolodit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Fanx for the pointer.... But what's the workaround?

   Should I write my own function, that extracts the title from the open socket within the page, strips out text, and works out where the title is?!

   Surely there is an easy peasy way?

   thanks again

4. leogermani
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   ok,

   sou you want a ready code...

   you are lucky today:

   global $wp_query;
   $curcat = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   $curcat = $curcat->cat_ID;

   Then use this ID to get what you wanto from the category. The name, link.. etc.. with functions like:
   get_cat_name
   get_category_link
   etc...

   cheers

   Leo,,

5. paolodit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Dude

   It IS my lucky day. That is most appreciated. You are a legend.

   THANK YOU

6. paolodit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ah no... I spoke to soon!

   thanks for trying.. Appreciated

   Maybe your solution only works on the category page, not within the single.php theme template?

7. paolodit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I will paypal you a beer, if you can solve. thanks!

8. leogermani
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   cmon

   global $wp_query;
   $curObj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   $curObj = $curObj->ID; //or maybe post_ID .. post_id
   
   $categories = array();
   foreach(wp_get_post_categories($curObj) as $cat_id) {
     $categories[] = get_cat_name($cat_id);
   }

9. leogermani
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   ps - .. Im not testing this ok.. it might not be exactly it, but this is the way...

   Leo,,

10. paolodit
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Much thanks.. that works like a baby.

    my email address is at a well known gmail email provider, with paolodit as my name... Let me know your paypal address by email.

    thanks!

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