Get WordPress categories list with args

wp_category_with_args.php

$categories = get_categories( [
	'taxonomy'     => 'category',
	'type'         => 'post',
	'child_of'     => 0,
	'parent'       => '',
	'orderby'      => 'name',
	'order'        => 'ASC',
	'hide_empty'   => 1,
	'hierarchical' => 1,
	'exclude'      => '',
	'include'      => '',
	'number'       => 0,
	'pad_counts'   => false,
	// full list of params: http://wp-kama.com/function/get_terms
] );

if( $categories ){
	foreach( $categories as $cat ){

		// $cat->term_id
		// $cat->name (Category 1)
		// $cat->slug (category-1)
		// $cat->term_group (0)
		// $cat->term_taxonomy_id (4)
		// $cat->taxonomy (category)
		// $cat->description (text)
		// $cat->parent (0)
		// $cat->count (14)

		// And aliases:
		// $cat->object_id (2743)
		// $cat->cat_ID (4)
		// $cat->category_count (14)
		// $cat->category_description (text)
		// $cat->cat_name (Category 1)
		// $cat->category_nicename (category-1)
		// $cat->category_parent (0)

	}
}