get_cat_name() WordPress Function

function get_cat_name( $cat_id ) {
	$cat_id   = (int) $cat_id;
	$category = get_term( $cat_id, 'category' );

	if ( ! $category || is_wp_error( $category ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	return $category->name;
}
Uses	Description
wp-includes/taxonomy.php:get_term()	Gets all term data from database by term ID.
wp-includes/load.php:is_wp_error()	Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.
Used By	Description
wp-includes/deprecated.php:get_catname()	Retrieve the category name by the category ID.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::mt_getPostCategories()	Retrieve post categories.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getPost()	Retrieve post.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getRecentPosts()	Retrieve list of recent posts.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_page()	Prepares page data for return in an XML-RPC object.