Ticket #769: echo-param-of-the-category-func.diff

wp-includes/template-functions-category.php

@@ -43 +43 @@
     return $catlink;
 }
 
-function the_category($separator = '', $parents='') {
+function the_category($separator = '', $parents='', $echo = true) {
     $categories = get_the_category();
     if (empty($categories)) {
         _e('Uncategorized');
@@ -98 +98 @@
             ++$i;
         }
     }
-    echo apply_filters('the_category', $thelist);
+    $catlist = apply_filters('the_category', $thelist);
+        if ($echo)
+                echo $catlist;
+        else
+                return $catlist;
 }
 
 function get_the_category_by_ID($cat_ID) {
@@ -413 +417 @@
         else
                 return false;
 }
-?>
- No newline at end of file
+?>