How to override theme() part in page.tpl.php file?

Question

This question is extension of this question: Current Username title instead Secondary menu title, but it is different.

I would like to how can I override the following part of code theme('links__system_secondary_menu',............) which is in page.tpl.php

For example, if I want to change text => t('Secondary menu') to text => t('Any new text').

One way to do this, which I think is just change that part in page.tpl.php and it works perfectly.

OR

Is there any other way like hook-way to do this, so we can write function in template.php and that override only that part?

from page.tpl.php

<?php if ($secondary_menu): ?>
      <div id="secondary-menu" class="navigation">
        <?php print theme('links__system_secondary_menu', array(
          'links' => $secondary_menu,
          'attributes' => array(
            'id' => 'secondary-menu-links',
            'class' => array('links', 'inline', 'clearfix'),
          ),
          'heading' => array(
            'text' => t('Secondary menu'),
            'level' => 'h2',
            'class' => array('element-invisible'),
          ),
        )); ?>
      </div> <!-- /#secondary-menu -->
    <?php endif; ?>

Thanks,

Answer 1

You can override theme_links__system_secondary_menu() in template.php. You will name it MODULENAME_links__system_secondary_menu(), and the original code can be seen here: https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21theme.inc/function/theme_links/7.x

Copy that code, and modify it as necessary.