add category name to Posts Carousel

[jaybini]

i want to add category name to the post carousel for example in
wp-content/themes/sweetdate/framework/shortcodes/shortcodes.php
i added the date but i cant add the category name to appear under the date

COPY CODE

 case 'image':
if (get_post_thumbnail_id())
                    {   
                        $output .= '<li>';
                        $output .= '<div class=""><a href="'.  get_permalink().'">';
                        $output .= '<span class="read"><i class="icon-'.apply_filters('kleo_img_rounded_icon','heart').'"></i></span>';
                        $output .= get_the_post_thumbnail(null,'blog_carousel');
                        $output .= '</a></div>';
                        
                        $output .= '<h4>'.get_the_title().'</h4>';
                        $output .= '<p>'.  word_trim(get_the_excerpt(), 15, '...');
                        $output .= '<br/><i>'.get_the_date().'</i></p>';
                        $output .= '<p><a href="'.  get_permalink() .'"><i class="icon-angle-right"></i> '.__("READ MORE", 'kleo_framework').'</a></p>';
                        $output .= '</li>';
                    }
                    break;

[Abe]

hi, See wordpress codex for the function to get a post categories: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_category

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