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778           $_category = $category;
779      } else {
780           $category = (int) $category;
781           if ( ! $_category = wp_cache_get($category, 'category') ) {
782                $_category = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE cat_ID = '$category' LIMIT 1");
783                wp_cache_add($category, $_category, 'category');
784           }
785      }
786
787      $_category = apply_filters('get_category', $_category);
788
789      if ( !isset($_category->fullpath) ) {
790           $_category = set_category_path($_category);
791           wp_cache_replace($_category->cat_ID, $_category, 'category');     
792      }
793
794      if ( $output == OBJECT ) {
795           return $_category;
796      } elseif ( $output == ARRAY_A ) {