Adding function from parent theme to child theme

Question

I need to edit a few files that are part of a parent theme that I am using. I have put them in the child theme folder.

Now I need to deal with the function for it.

This is the function in the parent theme's functions.php file. The function references the files that I need to edit and of course I could edit them in the parent theme but then that defeats the purpose of a child theme with theme updates.

function kioken_builder_init() {

    if(is_admin()){

    if ( defined('WPB_VC_VERSION') ) {        

        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/k_image.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/team.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/additionals.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/testimonial_slider.php');    

        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/types/iconselector.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/types/kioconpicker.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/types/dropdown_multi.php');


    }      
    }

}

add_action('admin_init', 'kioken_builder_init');

if (defined('WPB_VC_VERSION')) {
        $tmpdir = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/kioken/functions/builder/vc_templates/';
        vc_set_template_dir($tmpdir);
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/builder_row.php');
        require_once (KIO_FUNC_DIR . 'builder/builder_column.php');

}

Answer 1

In your child functions file, try:

remove_action('admin_init', 'kioken_builder_init');

function ben_kioken_builder_init() {

    if ( defined('WPB_VC_VERSION') ) {         
       //etc
    }    
}
add_action('admin_init', 'ben_kioken_builder_init');

You don't need the if(is_admin()) check because admin_init only fires on admin pages.