eve path of search template in current or parent template.
 *
 * The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'}
 * and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where `$type` is 'search'.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 *
 * @see get_query_template()
 *
 * @return string Full path to search template file.
 */
function get_search_template() {
	return get_query_template('search');
}

/**
 * Retrieve path of single template in current or parent template. Applies to single Posts,
 * single Attachments, and single custom post types.
 *
 * The hierarchy for this template looks like:
 *
 * 1. {Post Type Template}.php
 * 2. single-{post_type}-{post_name}.php
 * 3. single-{post_type}.php
 * 4. single.php
 *
 * An example of this is:
 *
 * 1. templates/full-width.php
 * 2. single-post-hello-world.php
 * 3. single-post.php
 * 4. single.php
 *
 * The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'}
 * and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where `$type` is 'single'.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @since 4.4.0 `single-{post_type}-{post_name}.php` was added to the top of the template hierarchy.
 * @since 4.7.0 The decoded form of `single-{post_type}-{post_name}.php` was added to the top of the
 *              template hierarchy when the post name contains multibyte characters.
 * @since 4.7.0 {Post Type Template}.php was added to the top of the template hierarchy.
 *
 * @see get_query_template()
 *
 * @return string Full path to single template file.
 */
function get_single_template() {
	$object = get_queried_object();

	$templates = array();

	if ( ! empty( $object->post_type ) ) {
		$template = get_page_template_slug( $object );
		if ( $template && 0 === validate_file( $template ) ) {
			$templates[] = $template;
		}

		$name_decoded = urldecode( $object->post_name );
		if ( $name_decoded !== $object->post_name ) {
			$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}-{$name_decoded}.php";
		}

		$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}-{$object->post_name}.php";
		$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}.php";
	}

	$templates[] = "single.php";

	return get_query_template( 'single', $templates );
}

/**
 * Retrieves an embed template path in the current or parent template.
 *
 * The hierarchy for this template looks like:
 *
 * 1. embed-{post_type}-{post_format}.php
 * 2. embed-{post_type}.php
 * 3. embed.php
 *
 * An example of this is:
 *
 * 1. embed-post-audio.php
 * 2. embed-post.php
 * 3. embed.php
 *
 * The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'}
 * and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where `$type` is 'embed'.
 *
 * @since 4.5.0
 *
 * @see get_query_template()
 *
 * @return string Full path to embed template file.
 */
function get_embed_template() {
	$object = get_queried_object();

	$templates = array();

	if ( ! empty( $object->post_type ) ) {
		$post_format = get_post_format( $object );
		if ( $post_format ) {
			$templates[] = "embed-{$object->post_type}-{$post_format}.php";
		}
		$templates[] = "embed-{$object->post_type}.php";
	}

	$templates[] = "embed.php";

	return get_query_template( 'embed', $templates );
}

/**
 * Retrieves the path of the singular template in current or parent template.
 *
 * The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'}
 * and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where `$type` is 'singular'.
 *
 * @since 4.3.0
 *
 * @see get_query_template()
 *
 * @return string Full path to singular template file
 */
function get_singular_template() {
	return get_query_template( 'singular' );
}

/**
 * Retrieve path of attachment template in current or parent template.
 *
 * The hierarchy for this template looks like:
 *
 * 1. {mime_type}-{sub_type}.php
 * 2. {sub_type}.php
 * 3. {mime_type}.php
 * 4. attachment.php
 *
 * An example of this is:
 *
 * 1. image-jpeg.php
 * 2. jpeg.php
 * 3. image.php
 * 4. attachment.php
 *
 * The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'}
 * and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where `$type` is 'attachment'.
 *
 * @since 2.0.0
 * @since 4.3.0 The order of the mime type logic was reversed so the hierarchy is more logical.
 *
 * @see get_query_template()
 *
 * @global array $posts
 *
 * @return string Full path to attachment template file.
 */
function get_attachment_template() {
	$attachment = get_queried_object();

	$templates = array();

	if ( $attachment ) {
		if ( false !== strpos( $attachment->post_mime_type, '/' ) ) {
			list( $type, $subtype ) = explode( '/', $attachment->post_mime_type );
		} else {
			list( $type, $subtype ) = array( $attachment->post_mime_type, '' );
		}

		if ( ! empty( $subtype ) ) {
			$templates[] = "{$type}-{$subtype}.php";
			$templates[] = "{$subtype}.php";
		}
		$templates[] = "{$type}.php";
	}
	$templates[] = 'attachment.php';

	return get_query_template( 'attachment', $templates );
}

/**
 * Retrieve the name of the highest priority template file that exists.
 *
 * Searches in the STYLESHEETPATH before TEMPLATEPATH and wp-includes/theme-compat
 * so that themes which inherit from a parent theme can just overload one file.
 *
 * @since 2.7.0
 *
 * @param string|array $template_names Template file(s) to search for, in order.
 * @param bool         $load           If true the template file will be loaded if it is found.
 * @param bool         $require_once   Whether to require_once or require. Default true. Has no effect if $load is false.
 * @return string The template filename if one is located.
 */
function locate_template($template_names, $load = false, $require_once = true ) {
	$located = '';
	foreach ( (array) $template_names as $template_name ) {
		if ( !$template_name )
			continue;
		if ( file_exists(STYLESHEETPATH . '/' . $template_name)) {
			$located = STYLESHEETPATH . '/' . $template_name;
			break;
		} elseif ( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $template_name) ) {
			$located = TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $template_name;
			break;
		} elseif ( file_exists( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-compat/' . $template_name ) ) {
			$located = ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-compat/' . $template_name;
			break;
		}
	}

	if ( $load && '' != $located )
		load_template( $located, $require_once );

	return $located;
}

/**
 * Require the template file with WordPress environment.
 *
 * The globals are set up for the template file to ensure that the WordPress
 * environment is available from within the function. The query variables are
 * also available.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 *
 * @global array      $posts
 * @global WP_Post    $post
 * @global bool       $wp_did_header
 * @global WP_Query   $wp_query
 * @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite
 * @global wpdb       $wpdb
 * @global string     $wp_version
 * @global WP         $wp
 * @global int        $id
 * @global WP_Comment $comment
 * @global int        $user_ID
 *
 * @param string $_template_file Path to template file.
 * @param bool   $require_once   Whether to require_once or require. Default true.
 */
function load_template( $_template_file, $require_once = true ) {
	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 ) ) {
		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 );
	}
}