get_category_parents() WP 1.0

Retrieve category parents with separator.

No Hooks.

Return

String/WP_Error. A list of category parents on success, WP_Error on failure.

Usage

get_category_parents( $id, $link, $separator, $nicename, $deprecated );

$id(int) (required)

Category ID.

$link(true/false)

Whether to format with link.
Default: false

$separator(string)

How to separate categories.
Default: '/'

$nicename(true/false)

Whether to use nice name for display.
Default: false

$deprecated(array)

Not used.
Default: array()

Code of get category parents: wp-includes/category-template.php ^{WP 5.2.1}

<?php
function get_category_parents( $id, $link = false, $separator = '/', $nicename = false, $deprecated = array() ) {

	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '4.8.0' );
	}

	$format = $nicename ? 'slug' : 'name';

	$args = array(
		'separator' => $separator,
		'link'      => $link,
		'format'    => $format,
	);

	return get_term_parents_list( $id, 'category', $args );
}

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