Title: $s in load_template function
Last modified: February 17, 2021

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# $s in load_template function

 *  [golestan12designer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golestan12designer/)
 * (@golestan12designer)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/s-in-load_template-function/)
 * The $s argument does not exist in the load_template function. Also in which part
   of the function is it used?
 *     ```
       function load_template( $_template_file, $require_once = true, $args = array() ) {
       	global $posts, $post, $wp_did_header, $wp_query, $wp_rewrite, $wpdb, $wp_version, $wp, $id, $comment, $user_ID;
   
       	if ( is_array( $wp_query->query_vars ) ) {
       		/*
       		 * This use of extract() cannot be removed. There are many possible ways that
       		 * templates could depend on variables that it creates existing, and no way to
       		 * detect and deprecate it.
       		 *
       		 * Passing the EXTR_SKIP flag is the safest option, ensuring globals and
       		 * function variables cannot be overwritten.
       		 */
       		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.DontExtract.extract_extract
       		extract( $wp_query->query_vars, EXTR_SKIP );
       	}
   
       	if ( isset( $s ) ) {
       		$s = esc_attr( $s );
       	}
   
       	if ( $require_once ) {
       		require_once $_template_file;
       	} else {
       		require $_template_file;
       	}
       }
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [golestan12designer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golestan12designer/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [golestan12designer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golestan12designer/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/).
      Reason: please use CODE button for code formatting

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 *  [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/)
 * (@diddledani)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/s-in-load_template-function/#post-14062349)
 * Hi,
 * Do you have an issue with the `load_template` function that you’re trying to 
   resolve? The `$s` variable is potentially set by the `extract()` call, which 
   is exposing the `$wp_query` parameters to your template files.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/s-in-load_template-function/#post-14062349)
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