Problem with separator

  • Resolved greencode

    (@greencode)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I’m using the following in my query to display the child categories

    <?php
foreach((get_the_category()) as $childcat) {
if (cat_is_ancestor_of(1, $childcat)) {
echo $sep,'<a href="'.get_category_link($childcat->cat_ID).'">',$childcat->cat_name,'</a>';
$sep = ' / ';
}}
?>

    So this is then displaying as follows:

    Category a / Category b / Category c

    The problem is when there’s more than one post on the page the next lot show as

    / Category a / Category b / Category c

    i.e. it’s just continuing to add the forward slash and not simply starting the query again.

    Basically I need it so the separator does not show at the beginning or end of the category list.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    there is a comma after $sep which might break the code – should be a dot;

    try:

    <?php
foreach((get_the_category()) as $childcat) {
if (cat_is_ancestor_of(1, $childcat)) {
echo $sep.'<a href="'.get_category_link($childcat->cat_ID).'">',$childcat->cat_name,'</a>';
$sep = ' / ';
}}
?>

    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for that – I’ve changed the comma to a full stop but it hasn’t had any effect to the original issue.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    ok, i get it 😉

    before the foreach, you need to reset the separator to an epmty space:

    $sep = '';

    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Perfect – thanks so so much for your help. Really appreciated.

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