<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><div><div class="im"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<b>require_once / include_once vs locate_template( array( 'file.php' ), true, false );</b></div>
</div></div></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Hopefully </span></font><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Otto will not mind. This is what I've learned from him: </span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><i>Instead of doing require's, consider using locate_template. This would allow child themes to override anything you're requiring.</i></span></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Does this also apply for php function files - should they be included via locate_template?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-----</div></div><div>Vicky Arulsingam</div><br>