Function Skipping Numbers

[Ethics]

Hey guys & gals,

I'm using a function in Wordpress to display the number of posts in each category.

The function is...

function the_category_count( $cat_id ){
	$o = wp_cache_get( $cat_id, 'category' );
	print $o->count;
}

However when I call the functions like this...

Short Version:

<?php the_category_count(146); ?>
<?php the_category_count(119); ?>
<?php the_category_count(28); ?>

Long Version:

				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(146); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">3D</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(119); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Abstract</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(28); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Animals</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(118); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Anime</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(696); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Architecture</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(1003); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Celebrity</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(115); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">City</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(413); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Closeups</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(379); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Comics</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(300); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Cultures</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(1146); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Food & Drinks</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(434); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Games</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(9); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Girls</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(105); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Grunge</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(122); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Holidays</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(1290); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">In The Water</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(77); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Logos</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(25); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Movies</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(117); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Music</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(215); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Nature</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(1714); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Paintings</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(121); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Patterns</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(20); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Plain</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(793); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Politics</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(114); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Scenery</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(116); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Space</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(120); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Sports</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(102); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Textures</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(482); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Vectors</a></div>
				<div class="single_categories"><div class="categories_left"><?php the_category_count(113); ?></div><a href="#" class="categories_right">Vehicles</a></div>

Some categories are left blank, you can see an example of this in action here...

http://idesigniphone.com/

I tried to look for a pattern as to why this might be happening but I'm all out of ideas. Does anybody know why the function is skipping these numbers?

Thanks for looking,
Mario

[Ethics]

I just noticed that when you click on another page the numbers change their mind which categories they want to show up beside.

Anybody know what may be causing this?

Is there a way to close the function once I'm done using it and reopen it?

Thanks,
Mario

[bhanson]

It looks like some sort of caching issue. That would explain it varying per page.