xmlrpc_getpostcategory()WP 0.71

Retrieves the post category or categories from XMLRPC XML.

If the category element is not found, then the default post category will be used. The return type then would be what $post_default_category. If the category is found, then it will always be an array.

No Hooks.

Return

String|Array. List of categories or category name.

Usage

xmlrpc_getpostcategory( $content );
$content(string) (required)
XMLRPC XML Request content

Notes

  • Global. String. $post_default_category Default XML-RPC post category.

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.

xmlrpc_getpostcategory() code WP 6.5.2

function xmlrpc_getpostcategory( $content ) {
	global $post_default_category;
	if ( preg_match( '/<category>(.+?)<\/category>/is', $content, $matchcat ) ) {
		$post_category = trim( $matchcat[1], ',' );
		$post_category = explode( ',', $post_category );
	} else {
		$post_category = $post_default_category;
	}
	return $post_category;
}