Include external php file

Hi,
I have a custom php file that I would like to add into header.php file. However, I don’t know the safest way to include that file.

I tried to include a php file into home.php this way.
include get_template_directory() . ‘/scripts/custom.php’;

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• This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by geekinside.