Index: category-template.php
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--- category-template.php	(revision 24527)
+++ category-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -498,7 +498,9 @@
  * argument can be 'flat' (default), 'list', or 'array'. The flat value for the
  * 'format' argument will separate tags with spaces. The list value for the
  * 'format' argument will format the tags in a UL HTML list. The array value for
- * the 'format' argument will return in PHP array type format.
+ * the 'format' argument will return in PHP array type format. The array value
+ * for the 'object' argument will return an array of objects with unformated
+ * data.
  *
  * The 'orderby' argument will accept 'name' or 'count' and defaults to 'name'.
  * The 'order' is the direction to sort, defaults to 'ASC' and can be 'DESC'.
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@
 
 	$return = apply_filters( 'wp_tag_cloud', $return, $args );
 
-	if ( 'array' == $args['format'] || empty($args['echo']) )
+	if ( 'array' == $args['format'] || 'object' == $args['format'] || empty($args['echo']) )
 		return $return;
 
 	echo $return;
@@ -581,7 +583,9 @@
  * argument can be 'flat' (default), 'list', or 'array'. The flat value for the
  * 'format' argument will separate tags with spaces. The list value for the
  * 'format' argument will format the tags in a UL HTML list. The array value for
- * the 'format' argument will return in PHP array type format.
+ * the 'format' argument will return in PHP array type format. The array value
+ * for the 'object' argument will return an array of objects with unformated
+ * data.
  *
  * The 'tag_cloud_sort' filter allows you to override the sorting.
  * Passed to the filter: $tags array and $args array, has to return the $tags array
@@ -671,13 +675,29 @@
 		$tag_link = '#' != $tag->link ? esc_url( $tag->link ) : '#';
 		$tag_id = isset($tags[ $key ]->id) ? $tags[ $key ]->id : $key;
 		$tag_name = $tags[ $key ]->name;
-		$a[] = "<a href='$tag_link' class='tag-link-$tag_id' title='" . esc_attr( call_user_func( $topic_count_text_callback, $real_count, $tag, $args ) ) . "' style='font-size: " .
-			str_replace( ',', '.', ( $smallest + ( ( $count - $min_count ) * $font_step ) ) )
-			. "$unit;'>$tag_name</a>";
+
+		if ($format == 'object')
+		{
+			$tag_record = new stdClass;
+			$tag_record->id = $tag_id;
+			$tag_record->url = $tag_link;
+			$tag_record->name = $tag_name;
+			$tag_record->slug = $tags[$key]->slug;
+			$tag_record->real_count = $real_count;
+			$tag_record->class = 'tag-link-'.$tag_id;
+			$tag_record->size	= $smallest + ($count - $min_count);
+			$tag_record->font_size = ($smallest + (($count - $min_count) * $font_step));
+			$a[] = $tag_record;
+		} else {
+			$a[] = "<a href='$tag_link' class='tag-link-$tag_id' title='" . esc_attr( call_user_func( $topic_count_text_callback, $real_count, $tag, $args ) ) . "' style='font-size: " .
+				str_replace( ',', '.', ( $smallest + ( ( $count - $min_count ) * $font_step ) ) )
+				. "$unit;'>$tag_name</a>";
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch ( $format ) :
 	case 'array' :
+	case 'object' :
 		$return =& $a;
 		break;
 	case 'list' :