get_category_by_path( string $category_path, bool $full_match = true, string $output = OBJECT ): WP_Term|array|WP_Error|null

125function get_category_by_path( $category_path, $full_match = true, $output = OBJECT ) {126	$category_path  = rawurlencode( urldecode( $category_path ) );127	$category_path  = str_replace( '%2F', '/', $category_path );128	$category_path  = str_replace( '%20', ' ', $category_path );129	$category_paths = '/' . trim( $category_path, '/' );130	$leaf_path      = sanitize_title( basename( $category_paths ) );131	$category_paths = explode( '/', $category_paths );132	$full_path      = '';133 134	foreach ( (array) $category_paths as $pathdir ) {135		$full_path .= ( '' !== $pathdir ? '/' : '' ) . sanitize_title( $pathdir );136	}137 138	$categories = get_terms(139		array(140			'taxonomy' => 'category',141			'get'      => 'all',142			'slug'     => $leaf_path,143		)144	);145 146	if ( empty( $categories ) ) {147		return null;148	}149 150	foreach ( $categories as $category ) {151		$path        = '/' . $leaf_path;152		$curcategory = $category;153 154		while ( ( 0 !== $curcategory->parent ) && ( $curcategory->parent !== $curcategory->term_id ) ) {155			$curcategory = get_term( $curcategory->parent, 'category' );156 157			if ( is_wp_error( $curcategory ) ) {158				return $curcategory;159			}160 161			$path = '/' . $curcategory->slug . $path;162		}163 164		if ( $path === $full_path ) {165			$category = get_term( $category->term_id, 'category', $output );166			_make_cat_compat( $category );167 168			return $category;169		}170	}171 172	// If full matching is not required, return the first cat that matches the leaf.173	if ( ! $full_match ) {174		$category = get_term( reset( $categories )->term_id, 'category', $output );175		_make_cat_compat( $category );176 177		return $category;178	}179}