[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41152: New Function to Require a file

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#41152: New Function to Require a file
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 Reporter:  rinkuyadav999            |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:  close dev-feedback => close reporter-feedback


Comment:

 `absint()` is not a great example because it's often used as a callback
 for things like `array_map( 'absint', $numbers )`.

 Looking at the example code, I don't think we need (yet another) a
 function to require a file in a theme. We have `get_template_part()`
 (which does a bit more than just a `require`). You can use `require
 get_template_directory() . '/file.php';`. You can also use `require
 dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/file.php;`.

 Looking at the example code, this wouldn't allow me to do something like
 `require wp_require_parent_theme_file( 'file.php' );` because the function
 can return `null`. That doesn't seem user-friendly to me.

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 @rinkuyadav999 Since you opened the ticket, can you perhaps show a few
 examples where such a function might be really useful? For example, would
 the default themes greatly benefit from something like that?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41152#comment:13>
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