get_linkcatname() │ WP 0.71

Gets the name of category by ID.

No Hooks.

Return

String.

Usage

get_linkcatname( $id );

$id(int)

The category to get. If no category supplied uses 0

Notes

• See: get_category()

Changelog

Code of get_linkcatname() get linkcatname ^{WP 6.0}

function get_linkcatname($id = 0) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'get_category()' );

	$id = (int) $id;

	if ( empty($id) )
		return '';

	$cats = wp_get_link_cats($id);

	if ( empty($cats) || ! is_array($cats) )
		return '';

	$cat_id = (int) $cats[0]; // Take the first cat.

	$cat = get_category($cat_id);
	return $cat->name;
}