root/tags/1_0-rc2/wp-admin/edit-form-ajax-cat.php

<?php
require_once('../wp-config.php');
require_once('admin-functions.php');
require_once('admin-db.php');

get_currentuserinfo();

if ( !current_user_can('manage_categories') )
    die('-1');

function get_out_now() { exit; }

add_action('shutdown', 'get_out_now', -1);

$names = explode(',', rawurldecode($_GET['ajaxnewcat']) );
$ids   = array();

foreach ($names as $cat_name) {
    $cat_name = trim( $cat_name );

    if ( !$category_nicename = sanitize_title($cat_name) )
        continue;
    if ( $already = category_exists($cat_name) ) {
        $ids[] = (string) $already;
        continue;
    }

    $new_cat_id = wp_create_category($cat_name);

    $ids[] = (string) $new_cat_id;
}

$return = join(',', $ids);

die( (string) $return );

?>