drupal_add_js is adding .js file to footer despite me adding 'scope' => 'header'

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I want to add an external file to the header. To that affect I copied what others have done and used drupal_add_js();:

  drupal_add_js('somefile.js', [
    'type' => 'external',
    'scope' => 'header',
    'defer' => TRUE,
  ]);

But the link still appears in the footer. Of course I've cleared cache and theme registry, but no changes.

How can I add the file to <head>?

asked Mar 1, 2019 at 1:39

MeltingDog

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Check if your active theme has the region header defined in its info file
– Ismail Cherri
Mar 1, 2019 at 1:58
@IsmailCherri, yes it does: regions[header] = Header
– MeltingDog
Mar 1, 2019 at 2:06
Are you sure no other module or theme is adding that same file to the footer somewhere? I'd use grep -rn 'somefile' /var/www/html/my-drupal-site/ to see if anybody else is trying to include it.
– tyler.frankenstein
Mar 1, 2019 at 3:04
Check your theme templates. Does your theme have a custom html.tpl.php? If so, you may check where it is printing the $scripts variable (<?php print $scripts; ?>). Is it located within your template's header, or at the bottom of your file?
– Mario Steinitz
Mar 1, 2019 at 13:58
Have you tried setting the scope in a hook_js_alter() implementation? api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/…
– othermachines
Mar 2, 2019 at 19:51

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