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157  * @param string $separator Optional, default is empty string. Separator for between the categories.
158  * @param string $parents Optional. How to display the parents.
159  * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID to retrieve categories.
160  * @return string
161  */
162 function get_the_category_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false ) {
163      global $wp_rewrite;
164      if ( ! is_object_in_taxonomy( get_post_type( $post_id ), 'category' ) ) {
165           /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/category-template.php */
166           return apply_filters( 'the_category', '', $separator, $parents );
167      }
168
169      $categories = get_the_category( $post_id );
170      if ( empty( $categories ) ) {
171           /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/category-template.php */
172           return apply_filters( 'the_category', __( 'Uncategorized' ), $separator, $parents );
173      }
174
175      $rel = ( is_object( $wp_rewrite ) && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) ? 'rel="category tag"' : 'rel="category"';
176
177      $thelist = '';
178      if ( '' == $separator ) {
179           $thelist .= '<ul class="post-categories">';
180           foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
181                $thelist .= "\n\t<li>";
 
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226       * Filter the category or list of categories.
227       *
228       * @since 1.2.0
229       *
230       * @param array  $thelist   List of categories for the current post.
231       * @param string $separator Separator used between the categories.
232       * @param string $parents   How to display the category parents. Accepts 'multiple',
233       *                          'single', or empty.
234       */
235      return apply_filters( 'the_category', $thelist, $separator, $parents );
236 }
237
238 /**
239  * Check if the current post in within any of the given categories.
240  *
241  * The given categories are checked against the post's categories' term_ids, names and slugs.
242  * Categories given as integers will only be checked against the post's categories' term_ids.
243  *
244  * Prior to v2.5 of WordPress, category names were not supported.