passing parameters to php include/require construct

Question

I\'ve read quite a few posts that are very similar to the question I\'m about to ask, but I just wanted to be sure that there wasn\'t a more sophisticated way to do this. Any f

Answer 1

Include with parameters

This is something I've used on my recent Wordpress project

Make a function functions.php:

function get_template_partial($name, $parameters) {
   // Path to templates
   $_dir = get_template_directory() . '/partials/';
   // Unless you like writing file extensions
   include( $_dir . $name . '.php' );
} 

Get parameters in cards-block.php:

// $parameters is within the function scope
$args = array(
    'post_type' => $parameters['query'],
    'posts_per_page' => 4
);

Call the template index.php:

get_template_partial('cards-block', array(
    'query' => 'tf_events'
)); 

If you want a callback

For example, the total count of posts that were displayed:

Change functions.php to this:

function get_template_partial($name, $parameters) {
   // Path to templates
   $_dir = get_template_directory() . '/partials/';
   // Unless you like writing file extensions
   include( $_dir . $name . '.php' );
   return $callback; 
} 

Change cards-block.php to this:

// $parameters is within the function scope
$args = array(
    'post_type' => $parameters['query'],
    'posts_per_page' => 4
);
$callback = array(
    'count' => 3 // Example
);

Change index.php to this:

$cardsBlock = get_template_partial('cards-block', array(
    'query' => 'tf_events'
)); 

echo 'Count: ' . $cardsBlock['count'];