[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9335: Child categories error out as duplicates even if slugs and parent categories are different

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#9335: Child categories error out as duplicates even if slugs and parent
categories are different
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 Reporter:  mofoq           |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.7.1    
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:           
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Comment(by zeronex):

 Replying to [comment:2 mofoq]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 zeronex]:
 >
 > I tried using an unique slug but it didn't work at least not when
 creating a new one.
 > I haven't tried "editing" an existing one though.
 >
 >
 > instead, I ended up making a minor "adjustment" in admin-ajax.php, line
 312
 >
 > {{{
 >       if ( category_exists( trim( $_POST['cat_name'] ) ) ) {
 >               $x = new WP_Ajax_Response( array(
 >                       'what' => 'cat',
 >                       'id' => new WP_Error( 'cat_exists', __('The
 category you are trying to create already exists.'), array( 'form-field'
 => 'cat_name' ) ),
 >               ) );
 >               $x->send();
 >       }
 > }}}
 >
 > to
 >
 > {{{
 >       if ( !empty(get_category_by_slug(trim(
 $_POST['category_nicename']))->cat_name) ) {
 >               $x = new WP_Ajax_Response( array(
 >                       'what' => 'cat',
 >                       'id' => new WP_Error( 'cat_exists', __('The
 category you are trying to create has a slug that already exists. Please
 use an unique slug.' ), array( 'form-field' => 'cat_name' ) ),
 >               ) );
 >               $x->send();
 >       }
 >
 > }}}
 >
 > it basically uses the slug instead and checks to see if it can get a
 category from it (it might be better to change it to check if a cat_id is
 non-empty instead of cat_name)[[BR]]


 I think categories with similar name should only be allowed if the parents
 are different and have different slugs. Well even if slugs are same URL
 will be different.[[BR]]

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