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Function Reference/get category parents

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Description

Returns a list of the parents of a category, including the category, in hierarchical order.

Usage

 <?php echo get_category_parents($category, $display_link, $separator, $nice_name); ?> 

Return Values

(string) 
the categories, separated by $separator.

Example

Returns the parent categories of the current category with links separated by '»' 

<?php echo get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' &raquo; '); ?>

will output:

Internet » Blogging » WordPress »

Parameters

category 
(integer) The numeric category ID for which to return the parents. Defaults to current category, if one is set.
display link 
(boolean) Creates a link to each category displayed.
separator 
(string) What to separate each category by.
nice name 
(boolean) Return category nice name (slug) or not (defaults to FALSE).

Source Code

Related

Categories: the_category(), the_category_rss(), single_cat_title(), category_description(), wp_dropdown_categories(), wp_list_categories(), get_the_category(), get_the_category_by_ID(), get_category_by_slug(), get_the_category_list(), get_category_parents(), get_category_link(), is_category(), in_category()

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