How to show "category" name?

Question

I'm a novice and Ii'm trying to edit my theme. I need to show the category after text "Listed in:":

//echo $todaydate;
if(is_array($rec_dates) && strtolower(trim($is_recurring)) == strtolower(trim('Recurring event')) && in_array($todaydate,$rec_dates)){ /* if recurring event */
$c = $counter++;
$recurrence_days = get_post_meta($post->ID,'recurrence_days',true); //on which day
//  print_r($rec_dates);
$end_date1 = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($todaydate)) . " +$recurrence_days day");
$end_date = get_formated_date(date('Y-m-d', $end_date1));
$start_date1 = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($todaydate)) . " +$recurrence_days day");
$start_date = get_formated_date(date('Y-m-d', $start_date1));
    $post_info .=' 
    <a class="event_title" href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$post->post_title.'</a><small>'.
    __('<b>Listed in: </b>').***which code here to show the category?***.'<br>'.
    __('<b>Location: </b>').get_post_meta($post->ID,'address',true) .'<br>'.
    __('<b>Start Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_time',true)) .'<br />'. 
    __('<b>End Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_time',true)) .'</small>';
}else if(strtolower($is_recurring) == strtolower('Regular event')){ /* if regular event */
        $post_info .=' 
    <a class="event_title" href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$post->post_title.'</a><small>'.
    __('<b>Listed in: </b>').***which code here to show the category?***.'<br>'.
    __('<b>Location: </b>').get_post_meta($post->ID,'address',true) .'<br>'.
    __('<b>Start Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_time',true)) .'<br />'. 
    __('<b>End Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_time',true)) .'</small>';                            
}
endwhile;
$post_info .='</span>';
}

Answer 1

This might help you to get categories of particular post

$catList =get_the_category($post->ID);
foreach($catList as $single){
echo $single->cat_name;
}

You can also check from below links

• get_the_category

• get-category-name-from-post-id

Answer 2

To display the category name in your code, you can use the WP function get_the_category_list(). This function retrieves the categories of the current post as a formatted string.

For more details visit get_the_category_list

//echo $todaydate;
if(is_array($rec_dates) && strtolower(trim($is_recurring)) == strtolower(trim('Recurring event')) && in_array($todaydate,$rec_dates)){ /* if recurring event */
$c = $counter++;
$recurrence_days = get_post_meta($post->ID,'recurrence_days',true); //on which day
//  print_r($rec_dates);
$end_date1 = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($todaydate)) . " +$recurrence_days day");
$end_date = get_formated_date(date('Y-m-d', $end_date1));
$start_date1 = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($todaydate)) . " +$recurrence_days day");
$start_date = get_formated_date(date('Y-m-d', $start_date1));
    $post_info .=' 
    <a class="event_title" href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$post->post_title.'</a><small>'.
    __('<b>Listed in: </b>').get_the_category_list(', ').'<br>'.
    __('<b>Location: </b>').get_post_meta($post->ID,'address',true) .'<br>'.
    __('<b>Start Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_time',true)) .'<br />'. 
    __('<b>End Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_time',true)) .'</small>';
}else if(strtolower($is_recurring) == strtolower('Regular event')){ /* if regular event */
        $post_info .=' 
    <a class="event_title" href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$post->post_title.'</a><small>'.
    __('<b>Listed in: </b>').get_the_category_list(', ').'<br>'.
    __('<b>Location: </b>').get_post_meta($post->ID,'address',true) .'<br>'.
    __('<b>Start Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'st_time',true)) .'<br />'. 
    __('<b>End Date: </b>').get_formated_date(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_date',true)).' '.get_formated_time(get_post_meta($post->ID,'end_time',true)) .'</small>';                            
}
endwhile;
$post_info .='</span>';
}