Re: include() and duplicate function definition

On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 00:00 +0800, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Thijs, :-) > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 20:38, Thijs Lensselink <dev@lenss.nl> wrote: > > I re-read your original post. And noticed you include the function inside > > your child action.php > > Is there a special reason for that? You want to overwrite the original > > function in a child theme. > > probably to get different functionality. So why do you need the original > > function? > > > > Just create your action.php and define the same function. > > It's a WordPress issue. When theme updates become available from the > original vendor, you can update them from within the admin backend. In > that case, any hacks you've applied (such as removing a function) get > overwritten. So the evangelized solution is to create a child theme. > The child theme incorporates only files that you've added or changed, > with the original parent theme being used for all others. > > Easy peasy if you want to *add* a function. > > But, if you want to *modify* a function, you're faced with the problem > of the original function still being present in the parent theme files > and of your having to define a function of the same name in your child > theme (if you change the function name, you then have to hack other > code further upstream, and the work involved becomes not worth the > bother). Somehow, I would need to make my hacked function *replace* > the original function, *without* touching the original function... > > It seems like that's not possible and I'll have to find another > solution... unless my explanation gives you any good ideas? > > Just to put the dots on the I's, the original "actions.php" contains a > lot of *other* functions that I don't want to touch, and that I do > want to leave exposed to the updates process. It's just one single > function I want to hack... > > Sticky problem, huh? :-) > > In any case, thanks for your kind help, :-) > > David Nelson > > P.S. Sorry about the direct mails: I keep forgetting to hit the > "Replly to all" button. > I am curious on how this would work, if for some reason they were using a different template? the function you want to "overwrite", wont be used, and therefore, wouldn't your app/template/whatever be updated improperly than waht you expect it to be? Just curious...