Strange output for get_cat_id()

  • Resolved rwwood

    (@rwwood)


    13 years, 10 months ago

    I’m working on a template for which I’m trying to get category IDs, and in testing, I put the following piece of code in the template:

    <?php
        $cat_title = single_cat_title();
        $category_id = get_cat_id($cat_title);
        echo $category_id;
        ?>

    What gets returned is, for example, Booklets(), where Booklets is the single_cat_title. If I echo $cat_title, I get the expected result: Booklets.

    I am admittedly not very proficient at php, so I can’t see where the problem is.

    Help appreciated.

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • chinmoy29

    (@chinmoy)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    function would be get_cat_ID. Try again with this.

    Thread Starter rwwood

    (@rwwood)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Same result. I misread the output in my original post, though. What gets returned is Booklets0, not Booklets ()

    chinmoy29

    (@chinmoy)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Try this code:

    <?php
        $cat_title = single_cat_title();
        $category_id = get_cat_id(strtolower($cat_title));
        echo $category_id;
?>
    Thread Starter rwwood

    (@rwwood)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Nope. That still returns Booklets0. If I use the actual category name, like

    <?php
        $category_id = get_cat_ID( 'Booklets');
        echo $category_id;
?>

    I get the right return: 4 which is the cat ID for Booklets. That would be fine if I was trying to build a template for that one category, but I want it to be independent of which category is being viewed.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    @rwwood and @chinmoy

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

    Thread Starter rwwood

    (@rwwood)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    I’m afraid that I’ve been reading that for quite some time, but nothing I’ve read resolves the problem I’m having. What are you referring to?

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    to use the single cat title in a string, as you are planning, you need to use this code:

    <?php $current_category = single_cat_title("", false); ?>

    (the ‘false’ is the important part)
    this line is directly from the linked docu.

    for your code, it would be obviously:
    $cat_title = single_cat_title('', false);

    Thread Starter rwwood

    (@rwwood)

    13 years, 10 months ago

    Duh. I read that article several times and tried to implement “false”, but didn’t have the syntax right. I totally missed the example given.

    Thanks! That fixed it.

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • The topic ‘Strange output for get_cat_id()’ is closed to new replies.