February 12, 2011 
Definition:
function get_the_category( $id = false ) {}
Retrieve post categories.
Parameters
- int $id: Optional, default to current post ID. The post ID.
Defined filters
- get_the_categories
apply_filters( 'get_the_categories', $categories )
Source code
function get_the_category( $id = false ) {
$categories = get_the_terms( $id, 'category' );
if ( ! $categories )
$categories = array();
$categories = array_values( $categories );
foreach ( array_keys( $categories ) as $key ) {
_make_cat_compat( $categories[$key] );
}
// Filter name is plural because we return alot of categories (possibly more than #13237) not just one
return apply_filters( 'get_the_categories', $categories );
}
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