public static function cecf_get_category_by_id($category_id) { $data_url = sprintf(CE_Plugin_Settings::get_data_url() . "?CategoryID=%s", esc_attr($category_id)); $courses = CE_Custom_Functions::cecf_call_data_url($data_url); $category = null; if (isset($courses->Category)) { $category = $courses->Category; } //var_dump($category); return $category; }