Get a specific post's categories
<?php
$post_id = get_the_ID(); // gets the post's ID
$post_categories = wp_get_post_categories( $post_id ); // gets the post's ID
$cats = array(); // create an array
$len = count($post_categories); // how many categories does this post have?
$i = 0; // start count at 0
foreach($post_categories as $c){
$cat = get_category( $c );
$cats[] = array( 'name' => $cat->name, 'slug' => $cat->slug ); // insert category into new array
echo $cat->name;
if($i !== $len - 1) {
echo ", "; // add a comma
}
$i++;
}
?>