[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13084: Loading Parent Theme functions BEFORE Child Theme functions

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#13084: Loading Parent Theme functions BEFORE Child Theme functions
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 Reporter:  oncletom      |       Owner:                      
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                 
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned          
Component:  Themes        |     Version:  2.9.2               
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  parent, child, theme
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Changes (by demetris):

 * cc: dkikizas@… (added)


Comment:

 One reason it’s done this way is to allow parent themes to make their
 functions pluggable by declaring them conditionally.  E.g., the parent
 says:

 {{{
 if (!function_exists('mega_clever_function')) {
     function mega_clever_function() {
         Do mega clever stuff!
     }
 }
 }}}

 Then the child comes along and does not like {{{mega_clever_function}}}.
 So it simply does:

 {{{
 function mega_clever_function() {
     Do different clever stuff!
 }
 }}}

 You can see examples in the functions.php of the new default theme, Twenty
 Ten.  (But that order of loading the two files was there long before
 2010.)

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