Method to retrieve category names and IDs only as an array?

Question

I'm building a category picker select list. I just need to populate an array of categorys like so:

$myCats = array("null" => "None (default)", "1" => "Uncategorized", "2" => "Second Category", etc..)

Does WP have an existing method call I can use to pull this data alone? I may need to exclude some categories from the listing too.

MZAweb · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 21:50:34Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select category&exclude=1,2,3&selected=6');

edited May 10 '11 at 21:50

answered May 10 '11 at 20:53

MZAweb
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	this looks like a viable option. I just need to pass a "selected" value as an argument in my script which is already set up to read an array sequence. Thanks! – Scott B May 10 '11 at 21:33
	You can exclude cats with the 'exclude' parameter passing a list of IDs, and you can pass the selected ID with the 'selected' parameter. I edited to add a sample code. – MZAweb May 10 '11 at 21:49

Milo · Answer 2 · 2011-05-10 21:35:54Z

up vote 1 down vote

how about just get_categories?

$myCats = get_categories( array( 'exclude'=>'1,2' ) );
$myArray = array();
foreach( $myCats as $cat ){
    $myArray[ $cat->cat_ID ] = $cat->name;
}

answered May 10 '11 at 21:35

Milo
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