Collect Wordpress category name

Question

I am trying to collect the category name with the following code

<a href="<?php get_cat_name( $cat_id ); ?>"></a>

But I’m not having much success. Another thing is, I have about 4 categories but the code needs to know if this using category a or b within 4, if there is no category that is A or B shows nothing.. if anyone can help me.

Answer 1

The function get_cat_name returns a string as reported in the documentation, and on your line where you tag a you’re not using the echo nor <?= to display the name.

<a href="<?php echo get_cat_name( $cat_id ); ?>"></a>

OR

<a href="<?= get_cat_name( $cat_id ); ?>"></a>

With regard to checking you can make a simple if

<a href="<? echo (get_cat_name( $cat_id ) == 'a' || get_cat_name( $cat_id ) == 'b') ? 'exibe o resultado' : ''; ?>"></a>

Replace the "exibe o resultado" by the result you want to appear if category a or category b exists