get_category_parents Description
Returns the list of parent categories for a given category in hierarchical order, including the current category.
get_category_parents Usage
<?php get_category_parents( $id, $link, $separator, $nicename, $visited ); ?>get_category_parents Parameters
$id
(integer) (required) Category ID
Default: None
$link
(boolean) (optional) Whether to add category links to the returned categories
Default: false
$separator
(string) (optional) Separator between categories
Default: '/'
$nicename
(boolean) (optional) Whether to display a friendly name
Default: false
$visited
(boolean) (optional) Categories that have already been linked. This argument is used internally to avoid duplicate items appearing in the returned list.
Default: array()
get_category_parents Return value
(string|WP_Error)
The parent category list for the specified category, separated by $separator. If the function fails, it returns WP_Error.
get_category_parents Example
Return the linked parent category path of the current category, separated by ».
<?php echo get_category_parents( $cat, true, ' » ' ); ?>The code above outputs:
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