I need help getting my JavaScript file to work on wordpress through child theme?

[iizag]

Hi , So I looked at a video about linking a JS file to my wordpress theme, and was a little confused since it was in reference to including a sliders JS . BUT This is my interpretation please let me know if it is correct. So I have the file called myscript.js in my child theme now I want to “activate it for use” so in my child themes functions php file I put the following :

// Function to load   javascript
function theme_javascript() {

    // Register script
    wp_register_script('myscript',get_template_directory_uri().'js/jquery.myscript.js',array('jquery'),'1.0');

    // Enqueue theme script
    wp_enqueue_script('myscript',get_template_directory_uri().'js/theme.js',array('jquery','myscript'),'1.0');

} 

There has to something wrong because its not working ? Thank you for any help

[Alen]

You do not need to register your script. From documentation:

You could either link a script with a handle previously registered using the wp_register_script() function, or provide this function with all the parameters necessary to link a script.

function theme_javascript()
{
    // wp_enqueue_script( 'name', path, array( 'dependencies' ), version, in-footer );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'myscript', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/myscript.js', array('jquery'), '20140109', true );
}

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_javascript' );

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