Is Category child of a certain other Category

  • Resolved David Gard

    (@duck_boy)


    14 years, 9 months ago

    Hey all,

    I’m trying to find out if a category ID that is selected from $wp_query->query_vars is a child of another Category, but not sure how. Could anybody help me out at all?

    Here is what I am trying to achieve –

    if($wp_query->query_vars['cat'] == {child of Category 51}){
    $activeClass = 'services';
}

    Thanks.

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  • From some notes this example you might use:

    <?php
// in category template, test if queried category is child descendant of another category
if ( is_category() ) {
  $parent = 8;
  $categories = get_categories('include='.get_query_var('cat'));
  //echo "<pre>"; print_r($categories); echo "</pre>";
  if ( $categories[0]->category_parent == $parent ) {
    echo 'category ' . $categories[0]->name . ' is a child of category ' . $parent;
  }
}
?>

    Thread Starter David Gard

    (@duck_boy)

    Thanks Michael, that helped me sort.

    $categories = get_categories('include='.get_query_var('cat'));

elseif($wp_query->query_vars['cat'] == 51 || $categories[0]->category_parent == 51){
    $activeClass = 'servicesBus';
    $cat = $wp_query->query_vars['cat'];
}
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