Please help me with this code get_categories

Hello guys,

Maybe you can help me with this problem.
I have this code in my site to display some categories with posts:

<?php $col_no = 1;
foreach(get_categories() as $cat=>$sub_cat) { ?>
<div class="col-md  <?php echo 'col-no-'.$col_no; ?>">

<h3><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($sub_cat->cat_ID); ?>"><span><?php echo $sub_cat->cat_name; ?></span></a></h3>
<div class="list">
    <ul class="blocksingle">

    <?php query_posts('category_name='.$sub_cat->category_nicename.'&posts_per_page=5'); ?>
    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        <?php
        $post_external_link = (get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'post_external_link',true))?get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'post_external_link',true):'#';
        $new_post_added = (get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'new_post_added',true))?'<span class="new_txt">'.get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'new_post_added',true).'</span>':'';
if(get_field( "nofollow_tag" )) { $nofollow_tag = 'rel="nofollow"'; }
else { $nofollow_tag = ''; }
        ?>   
   
        <li><a target="_blank" href="<?php echo $post_external_link; ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" <?php echo $nofollow_tag; ?>><span class="li_list"><?php the_title(); ?></span>
        <?php echo $new_post_added; ?></a><a title="Click to visit <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><span class="review"></span></a></li>
    <?php endwhile; ?>   
    </ul>
</div>
<div class="list_bottom"></div>
   
</div>

<?php $col_no++;
if($col_no == 13){
    break;
}} ?>

PHP:

Everything is good with the code, everything is working fine, expect... I need to show some spicific categories, is it possible?
If yes, how?

Probably I need to edit this line right?

<?php $col_no = 1; foreach(get_categories() as $cat=>$sub_cat) { ?>

PHP:

Waiting for someone who can help me

Thanks!

 

Ok, I discovered how to do it by doing:

foreach(get_categories('include=31,3,9,14,4,6,26,5') as $cat=>$sub_cat) { ?>

PHP:

But is possible to show per specific order?

EDIT:

I also tried this:

<?php
$args = array(
'hierarchical'             => 1,
'orderby'                  => 'id',
'order'                    => 'ASC',
'include'                  => '31,3,14,9,4,6,26,5',
);
$col_no = 1;
foreach(get_categories($args) as $cat=>$sub_cat) { ?>

PHP:

But how to display categories in a particular order?
Can I take that output and just call them in the order I want them? (ex: 1,3,4,2,5,0)