wp-includes/link-template.php:4679Retrieves the URL of a file in the parent theme.
$filestringoptional''stringOne hook fires while get_parent_theme_file_uri() runs, in this order:
Filters the URL to a file in the parent theme.
function get_parent_theme_file_uri( $file = '' ) { $file = ltrim( $file, '/' ); if ( empty( $file ) ) { $url = get_template_directory_uri(); } else { $url = get_template_directory_uri() . '/' . $file; } /** * Filters the URL to a file in the parent theme. * * @since 4.7.0 * * @param string $url The file URL. * @param string $file The requested file to search for. */ return apply_filters( 'parent_theme_file_uri', $url, $file );}Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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