can I pass arguments to my function through add_action?

Question

can I do something like that? to pass arguments to my function? I already studied add_action doc but did not figure out how to do it. What the exact syntax to pass two argum

Answer 1

Basically the do_action is placed where the action should be executed, and it needs a name plus your custom parameters.

When you come to call the function using add_action, pass the name of your do_action() as your first argument, and the function name as the second. So something like:

function recent_post_by_author($author,$number_of_posts) {
  some commands;
}
add_action('get_the_data','recent_post_by_author',10,'author,2');

This is where it's executed

do_action('get_the_data',$author,$number_of_posts);

Should hopefully work.