[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4870: Bug in get_categories when asking for category children

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#4870: Bug in get_categories when asking for category children
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 Reporter:  hovenko     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect      |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  high        |    Milestone:  2.3      
Component:  General     |      Version:  2.2.2    
 Severity:  major       |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  categories  |  
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Changes (by foolswisdom):

  * milestone:  2.2.3 => 2.3

Old description:

> When asking for categories that are child of another category (cat1) and
> to
> include empty categories I get different behaviour wether cat1 has
> children
> or not.
>

>
> Take the following code:
>
> {{{
> $cat_children   = get_categories(
>         array(
>                 'child_of'      => 1,
>                 'hide_empty'    => false,
>         );
> );
>
> print_r($cat_children);
> }}}
>

>
> Scenario 1:[[BR]]
> I have the following categories:
>  1 - cat1 (no parent)[[BR]]
>  2 - cat2 (no parent)[[BR]]
>  3 - cat3 (parent:1)
>
> In this case it prints out cat3.
>

>
> Scenario 2:[[BR]]
> I have the following categories:
>  1 - cat1 (no parent)[[BR]]
>  2 - cat2 (no parent)
>
> In this case it prints out cat1 and cat2.
>

> Expected behaviour is to get an empty list, simply because cat1
> doesn't have any children.

New description:

 When asking for categories that are child of another category (cat1) and
 to
 include empty categories I get different behaviour wether cat1 has
 children
 or not.



 Take the following code:

 {{{
 $cat_children   = get_categories(
         array(
                 'child_of'      => 1,
                 'hide_empty'    => false,
         );
 );

 print_r($cat_children);
 }}}



 Scenario 1:[[BR]]
 I have the following categories:
  1 - cat1 (no parent)[[BR]]
  2 - cat2 (no parent)[[BR]]
  3 - cat3 (parent:1)

 In this case it prints out cat3.



 Scenario 2:[[BR]]
 I have the following categories:
  1 - cat1 (no parent)[[BR]]
  2 - cat2 (no parent)

 In this case it prints out cat1 and cat2.


 Expected behaviour is to get an empty list, simply because cat1
 doesn't have any children.

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