Method to Identify Category Returns Post ID Instead, :(

  • NoahRodenbeek

    (@noahrodenbeek)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve tried:

    get_cat_name( $id );

    and

    $id = get_query_var(‘cat’);

    both return my the Post ID of an entry, not its originating Category like I need.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Where are you dong this?

    Thread Starter NoahRodenbeek

    (@noahrodenbeek)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Here: http://verymintcomics.com

    I’m echoing the $id below the comic, in the Navigation bar, it’s being displayed right before the “PREVIOUS” link, see?

    If you jump to other comics you can see how it’s displaying the post’s ID instead of its Category.

    Thanks for the reply! I really need help with this.

    Thread Starter NoahRodenbeek

    (@noahrodenbeek)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    <?php
    get_cat_name( $id );
    echo $id;
    $posts = get_posts(array(‘category’ => $id));
    print_r($posts);
    ?>

    That’s everything that’s going on, so that “Array[]” that’s being displayed is an empty array as result of the second get_ failing

    Thread Starter NoahRodenbeek

    (@noahrodenbeek)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Nevermind I figured it out finally:

    <

    ?php
    $id = get_the_category();
    $cat_id = $id[0]->cat_ID;
    //echo $cat_id;

    //get array of Posts for Category, default is ‘order by date’, set it to Ascending instead of default Descending
    $args = array( ‘category’ => $cat_id, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’ );
    $posts = get_posts( $args );
    //echo $posts[0]->guid;

    //display

    • link that jumps to first item in Posts Array
      $link = $posts[0]->guid;
      echo ‘FIRST‘;
      ?>
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