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I've got a custom php file that I want to call every time someone publishes a new post. How would I go about doing that? Can I write it into the functions.php of my theme?

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add_action('publish_post', 'call_my_php_file');
function call_my_php_file($post_id){
  require_once("path/to/file.php");
}
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so I can drop that into functions.php? nice! – Ghost9 Jan 13 '11 at 2:15
I must not be doing something right as it doesn't appear to be firing.... – Ghost9 Jan 13 '11 at 2:36
if you're writing something to the screen, you won't see it because you get redirected after this action is executed. To see if your code works add a die(); after require_once... – One Trick Pony Jan 13 '11 at 2:39
Ok i used your die command and it is running the script... now the problem is that I don't know where the xml is being generated that the script is making. the php that is. It normally saves it to the folder it's in, but I don't see it. – Ghost9 Jan 13 '11 at 2:46
ah ha! It's in the admin folder. so now I just need to figure out how to set the path for the save location. Thanks! This is awesome. From this I can make it so it updates on trash and update post as well. I think... – Ghost9 Jan 13 '11 at 2:52

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