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Wordpress: Function to make an array of elements from an specific taxonomy even at a second level of hierarchy
<?php
function rc_get_categories_data()
{
$categories_data = [];
$taxonomy = 'category'; //change this with the taxonomy you want
$orderby = 'name';
$show_count = 0;
$pad_counts = 0;
$hierarchical = 1;
$title = '';
$empty = 0;
$args = array(
'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
'orderby' => $orderby,
'show_count' => $show_count,
'pad_counts' => $pad_counts,
'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
'title_li' => $title,
'hide_empty' => $empty
);
$all_categories = get_categories($args);
foreach ($all_categories as $category) {
if ($category->category_parent == 0) {
$category_id = $category->term_id;
$args2 = array(
'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
'child_of' => 0,
'parent' => $category_id,
'orderby' => $orderby,
'show_count' => $show_count,
'pad_counts' => $pad_counts,
'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
'title_li' => $title,
'hide_empty' => $empty
);
$sub_cats = get_categories($args2);
$categories_data[$category->name] = ['name' => $category->name, 'slug' => $category->slug, 'sub-categories' => []];
if ($sub_cats) {
foreach ($sub_cats as $sub_category) {
$categories_data[$category->name]['sub-categories'][$sub_category->name] = ['name' => $sub_category->name, "slug" => $sub_category->slug];
}
}
}
}
return $categories_data;
}
$categories_data = rc_get_categories_data();
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