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Opened 6 years ago

Closed 6 years ago

#50277 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

get_category_by_slug() lacked bool return type

Reported by: stevenlinx Owned by: SergeyBiryukov
Priority: normal Milestone: 5.5
Component: Taxonomy Version:
Severity: normal Keywords: has-patch
Cc: Focuses: docs

Description

The return type should be either object or bool.

get_category_by_slug() | Codex:
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_category_by_slug

get_category_by_slug() | DevHub:
​https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_category_by_slug/

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50277.diff​ (552 bytes ) - added by stevenlinx 6 years ago.

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Change History (4)

@stevenlinx
6 years ago

#1 @stevenlinx
6 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch added; needs-docs removed

#2 @SergeyBiryukov
6 years ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review → 5.5

#3 @SergeyBiryukov
6 years ago

  • Owner set to SergeyBiryukov
  • Resolution → fixed
  • Status new → closed

In 47863:

Docs: Document that get_category_by_slug() returns false if the category doesn't exist.

Props stevenlinx.
Fixes #50277.

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