[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18151: Option to return string false for locate_template()

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#18151: Option to return string false for locate_template()
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 Reporter:  griffinjt    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Template     |    Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 If this is something that can be fixed without editing the core, then I
 apologize. :)  But I've been hunting through and don't think there is a
 way around this.

 locate_template() returns the string of the template filename if
 successful and nothing if empty. This is nice, but annoying if you do not
 want to have the filename returned on success. If you want to load the
 template as part of a template_redirect or the like, then you are stuck
 with returning the filename in a string as well, which finds itself
 outputted on the page where the template is called.

 load_template() gets around this, but it does not provide the
 functionality for a child theme because it looks for the file within the
 parent theme. Only locate_template() (as far as I know) will search the
 child theme first and then parent theme. This is especially useful for
 those that want to override a "core" parent template without actually
 making a core edit.

 It would be nice just to add a parameter or something of that nature that
 will allow you to choose if you want to have the filename returned on
 success or not when using locate_template(). I hope I am making sense, and
 if I'm not, tell me and I will try to explain better and show an example.

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