get_category_by_path


get_category_by_path ( $category_path, $full_match = true, $output = OBJECT )

Parameters:
  • (string) category_path URL containing category slugs.
  • (bool) full_match Optional. Whether full path should be matched.
  • (string) output Optional. The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which correspond to a WP_Term object, an associative array, or a numeric array, respectively. Default OBJECT.
Returns:
  • (WP_Term|array|WP_Error|null) Type is based on $output value.
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Description

Retrieves a category based on URL containing the category slug.Breaks the $category_path parameter up to get the category slug. Tries to find the child path and will return it. If it doesn't find a match, then it will return the first category matching slug, if $full_match, is set to false. If it does not, then it will return null. It is also possible that it will return a WP_Error object on failure. Check for it when using this function.

Related Functions

get_category_by_slug, get_category_parents, get_category_template, get_site_by_path, get_page_by_path

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