_make_cat_compat()
Updates category structure to old pre-2.3 from new taxonomy structure.
This function was added for the taxonomy support to update the new category structure with the old category one. This will maintain compatibility with plugins and themes which depend on the old key or property names.
The parameter should only be passed a variable and not create the array or object inline to the parameter. The reason for this is that parameter is passed by reference and PHP will fail unless it has the variable.
There is no return value, because everything is updated on the variable you pass to it. This is one of the features with using pass by reference in PHP.
Internal function — this function is designed to be used by the kernel itself. It is not recommended to use this function in your code.
No Hooks.
Return
null
. Nothing (null).
Usage
_make_cat_compat( $category );
- $category(array|object|WP_Term) (required) (passed by reference — &)
- Category row object or array.
Changelog
Since 2.3.0 | Introduced. |
Since 4.4.0 | The $category parameter now also accepts a WP_Term object. |
_make_cat_compat() make cat compat code WP 6.8
function _make_cat_compat( &$category ) { if ( is_object( $category ) && ! is_wp_error( $category ) ) { $category->cat_ID = $category->term_id; $category->category_count = $category->count; $category->category_description = $category->description; $category->cat_name = $category->name; $category->category_nicename = $category->slug; $category->category_parent = $category->parent; } elseif ( is_array( $category ) && isset( $category['term_id'] ) ) { $category['cat_ID'] = &$category['term_id']; $category['category_count'] = &$category['count']; $category['category_description'] = &$category['description']; $category['cat_name'] = &$category['name']; $category['category_nicename'] = &$category['slug']; $category['category_parent'] = &$category['parent']; } }