[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14490: function "get cat ID" fails if category name has an apostrophe

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#14490: function "get cat ID" fails if category name has an apostrophe
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 Reporter:  iamronen           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:
Component:  Taxonomy           |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  minor              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by sologne):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 The [comment:3 comment 3] nails it.

 Using single_cat_title to retrieve the category name ; and from that the
 cat_id ; is a common advice on the internet and it got me losing over an
 hour to fix the issue ; with the unintuitive get_query_var from comment 3.

 Worse, there is not any kind of warning in the codex for single_cat_title
 that there may be such an issue.

 This ticket has been closed ; but is there a good reason for get_cat_ID to
 NOT support "fancy quotes" ?

 Also : seems related to #24354

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