get_cat_name equivalent

[Kent Rygiel]

I am going nuts here as I can’t figure out the answer to this seemingly simple question.

How do I get the category name/slug/term of an event using the category ID? I am looking for the equivalent of: get_cat_name().

So, I know that the ID is 8, and I am trying to echo the Category name (“Webinar”) using this ID. Something like : get_cat_name(8).

Does anyone have thoughts? If so, they would be MUCH appreciated.

Thanks,
Kent

[Barry]

Hi Kent,

You might use WordPress’s get_term_by() function:

$id   = 8; // whatever you believe the term ID to be
$term = get_term_by( 'id', $id, Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY );

// Test to see if you got an expected result before trying to display
if ( false !== $term ) echo $term->name;

Of course you could wrap this up in a function of your own for easier re-use 🙂

[Kent Rygiel]

Boom. That worked like a charm. Thank you so much for the help.

[Barry]

My pleasure 🙂

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