Title: $variable filepath to theme in require() statement
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# $variable filepath to theme in require() statement

 *  [relaxed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/relaxed/)
 * (@relaxed)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-filepath-to-theme-in-require-statement/)
 * Hi,
 * I am new to WordPress with limited experience with PHP, but have a reasonable
   understanding of programming structure.
 * As you do, I am wanting to expand and tailor WordPress to achieve the aims of
   my Web Site.
 * To do so, I have come across a plug-in, that, by the author’s own admission is
   a bit “quick and nasty”. But it will do the job with one major exception.
 * The script tries to intercept a click on a link to do a conditional check. Based
   on the condition, the script either allows the link to proceed to the original
   page or diverts the user to another page.
 * Unfortunately, because of the initial click, the page headers of the original
   page are sent. Then if the conditional check diverts it to another page, the 
   error “headers already sent” occurs.
 * With my limited knowledge I also did a “quick and nasty” work around. By my figuring,
   I could not stop the original headers from being sent, but I could stop them 
   from being sent a second time by stripping the headers from the alternate page
   and slotting in a require() in the script’s condition thus linking that page 
   up with the original page headers. ( They are basically the same anyway).
 * So I did this and it works great.
 * BUT……
 * Knowing the alternate page and its location, it was simple enough to code in 
   a hard link to the require(). ie;
 * \\require (“[http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php&#8221](http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php&#8221););\\
 * But, to ensure the portability of the theme, I want to amend the require() so
   that it works in any theme without the need to hard code the new theme name.
 * So I attempted to amend the original script by adding a couple of variables.
 * Now, before reading this, please understand that during two sleepless nights 
   I have tried everything I can think off using every combination of (), “”‘, ‘,
   normal variables, global variables, etc. etc, etc, So if you wonder why I have
   globals etc here, its just where I have ended up. But, having globals or not 
   having them does not seem to affect my problem.
 * So, I declared two global variables directly below the function call. They are
   $myfile and $mypath.
 * After the conditional where my original hard coded require() statement was I 
   now have the following code.
 *  \\$myfile = (“/my_alternate.php”);\\
 *  \\$mypath = (bloginfo(‘template_url’));\\
 *  \\$mypath = trim(“$mypath” . “$myfile”);\\
 *  \\require $mypath;\\
 *  \\print ($mypath);\\
 * (The purpose of the print ($mypath); is just a temporary test of the variable
   contents – see more below)
 * In running this amendment to the require() I get the following errors;
 * “Warning: my_function(/my_alternate.php): failed to open stream: No such file
   or directory in /home/mysite3/public_html/wp-content/plugins/script.php on line
   208
 * Fatal error: my_function(): Failed opening required ‘/my_alternate.php’ (include_path
   =’.:/usr/lib/php’) in /home/mysite3/public_html/wp-content/plugins/script.php
   on line 208″
 * I know that the correct path is being picked up by the above code because if 
   I substitute the require $mypath; above with the hard coded require:
 * \\ (“[http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php&#8221](http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php&#8221););\\
 * the script functions correctly and the print($mypath) prints [http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php](http://www.my_site.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/my_alternate.php)
   at the bottom of the page.
 * So what am I missing here? Do I have to declare the path string as a path? How
   can I get the above require $mypath; to work?
 * TIA
 *  – Neil

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-filepath-to-theme-in-require-statement/#post-233305)
 * Use the constant TEMPLATEPATH as your path, as in:
 * `require(TEMPLATEPATH . '/my_alternate.php');`
 *  Thread Starter [relaxed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/relaxed/)
 * (@relaxed)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-filepath-to-theme-in-require-statement/#post-233311)
 * Thanks greatly kafkaesqui work perfectly 😉

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