PHP help get_template_directory + PHP include

Question

Sorry my PHP skills are lacking.

I want to use a php include in WP but I'd like to get the file path with <?php get_template_directory(); ?>

I can't figure out how that would look.

My non WP file looks like this:

<?php include 'inc/social.php'; ?>

Basically I don't know how to string two PHP commands together get_template_directory + include.

For a parent theme or child theme? – Brad Dalton Feb 23 '14 at 23:53 — Brad Dalton, Feb 23 '14 at 23:53

s_ha_dum · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-24 00:13:28Z

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get_template_directory() and get_stylesheet_directory() both pull form the wp-content/themes directory. The difference being that the former always pulls from the parent theme directory.

Neither take parameters, so you just concatenate the rest of the path to the string returned from the appropriate function. That is:

include get_template_directory().'/inc/social.php';

If your file is not in your theme directory, you cannot use those functions. They are very specifically theme functions.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 0:13

s_ha_dum

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This is correct. It should be noted that WordPress has a helper function get_template_part() for including sub-templates. – Seamus Leahy Feb 24 '14 at 2:06
I thought about get_template_part but this strikes me as the kind of file that should not be easily replaceable. – s_ha_dum Feb 24 '14 at 3:08
Thank you. Works perfectly. I am now interested in get_template_part. I'll look into that. – user47996 Feb 24 '14 at 17:55

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