Finding URI in Child Theme

Question

Which is best way to find URI in child Theme.

<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>
<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>

Below given code works but it has "stylesheet" in it, sounds like its a hake to find URI. Is this the only solution ?

<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>
<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>

Answer 1

Yes, stylesheet is for child themes, template for parent themes. Andrew Nacin has explained that recently on wp-hackers:

child themes were originally just style.css and functions.php. That's why "template" refers to the parent theme and "stylesheet" refers to the child theme.