load_template( string $_template_file, bool $require_once = true )
Require the template file with WordPress environment.
Description Description
The globals are set up for the template file to ensure that the WordPress environment is available from within the function. The query variables are also available.
Parameters Parameters
- $_template_file
-
(string) (Required) Path to template file.
- $require_once
-
(bool) (Optional) Whether to require_once or require.
Default value: true
Source Source
File: wp-includes/template.php
function load_template( $_template_file, $require_once = true ) {
global $posts, $post, $wp_did_header, $wp_query, $wp_rewrite, $wpdb, $wp_version, $wp, $id, $comment, $user_ID;
if ( is_array( $wp_query->query_vars ) ) {
/*
* This use of extract() cannot be removed. There are many possible ways that
* templates could depend on variables that it creates existing, and no way to
* detect and deprecate it.
*
* Passing the EXTR_SKIP flag is the safest option, ensuring globals and
* function variables cannot be overwritten.
*/
// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.DontExtract.extract_extract
extract( $wp_query->query_vars, EXTR_SKIP );
}
if ( isset( $s ) ) {
$s = esc_attr( $s );
}
if ( $require_once ) {
require_once( $_template_file );
} else {
require( $_template_file );
}
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
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Loading a template in a plugin, but allowing theme and child theme to override template
if ( $overridden_template = locate_template( 'some-template.php' ) ) { /* * locate_template() returns path to file. * if either the child theme or the parent theme have overridden the template. */ load_template( $overridden_template ); } else { /* * If neither the child nor parent theme have overridden the template, * we load the template from the 'templates' sub-directory of the directory this file is in. */ load_template( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/templates/some-template.php' ); }Expand full source codeCollapse full source code
Send variable with load_template()
you can send additional variable with load_template(). load_template() extracts all of the WP_Query query variables, into the scope of the loaded template.
use set_query_var() to make your variable available to the template part.
$template = locate_template('template.php'); if( $template ){ set_query_var('my_variable ', 'Hello Template File' ); load_template( $template ); }In template.php file you can access this variable like this
//Output will be "Hello Template File" echo $my_variable;