xmlrpc_getpostcategory( string $content ): string[]|string

Retrieves the post category or categories from XML-RPC XML.

Description

If the category element is not found in the XML, the default post category from the $post_default_category global will be used instead.
The return type will then be a string.

If the category element is found, the return type will be an array.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired: XML-RPC XML Request content.

Return

string[]|string An array of category names or default category name.

Source

function xmlrpc_getpostcategory( $content ) {
	global $post_default_category;
	if ( preg_match( '/<category>(.+?)<\/category>/is', $content, $matchcat ) ) {
		$post_category = trim( $matchcat[1], ',' );
		$post_category = explode( ',', $post_category );
	} else {
		$post_category = $post_default_category;
	}
	return $post_category;
}

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Used by	Description
wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_newPost()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Creates a new post.
wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_editPost()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Edits a post.

Changelog

Version	Description
0.71	Introduced.

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