Is there a preferred way to define my constants that I will use in my theme?
1- Can I Define it as a method in my class?
<?php MyClass::templatename(); ?>
2- Or using define?
<?php define( 'TEMPLATE_NAME', 'mytheme' ); ?>
Best way to define constants in my Wordpress theme
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Creating a whole function for a single static value is not very efficient. Because of that, I would go with the define method. You could define this constant in a constant.php file, which would be imported by your theme's function.php.
You could also define a class constant, this could be interessting if your are defining a non-uniquely named constant, and you think this constant might leak somewhere else in the code. ( A good example would be a constant named DEBUG, because a similar constant is already defined and use elsewhere. )
You can define a class variable using the keyword const.
class MyClass {
const TEMPLATE_NAME = 'some value';
}
// use it as such
echo MyClass::TEMPLATE_NAME;
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