_foptions

This is a helper class to better handle the Wordpress Options API. With time I felt a lack of a better OOP side of this API that'd respect the DRY concept. So I built this one for my needs but it might fit yours. The helper class was inspired by the one that Carl Alexander created and modified to my own needs. Feel free to change it to yours.

Getting Started

All you need to do is download the _foptions class and start using it.

Including

If it's a theme you'll require it in you functions.php

require get_template_directory() . '/path/to/file/_foptions.php';

If it's a plugin you'll require it in yout my_plugin_name.php

require plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . '/path/to/file/_foptions.php';

Initializing

This helper class uses the Singleton Pattern so you don't need to instantiate. All methods are static, all you need to do is call them, but you can save the class in a variable if you want to.

$_foptions = _foptions::get_instance(); //Optional

Change default variables (recommended)

As the idea of this class is not to repeat yourself, I recommend that you overwrite the default values for $prefix and $default These are the values that we repeat alot when using the Wordpress Options API.

• $prefix is a recommendation in the WP world. It helps avoiding duplacation of options name. So if you don't want to keep asking for my_plugin_prefix_option_name you can set the prefix to my_plugin_prefix and only ask for the option_name. The default value for this var is an empty string
• $default it's the default value that wordpress returns if nothing was found with the option you asked. The default value for this var is the NULL value

If you want to change theses default values all you need to do is call the set_settings() function It accepts an array with the new values

_foptions::set_settings(array('prefix' => 'my_theme', 'default' => 'none_found'));

Set option

Set() does what the name says, it sets a value to an option name. It accepts 3 parameters:

• $option the option name required
• $value the value for the option name required
• $prefixed either the option name is prefixed or not. optional, default = true

_foptions::set('admin_name', 'fefe'); //Prefixed

_foptions::set('blerg', 'blurg', false); //Not prefixed

Get option

Get(), does what it says, it gets the option. It accepts 3 parameters:

• $option the option name required
• $prefixed either the option name is prefixed or not. optional, default = true
• $default This is used if you want to overwrite the default value for this single option, or if you expect an array as default optional, default = null

_foptions::get('admin_name'); //Returns the option value or the default value I specified in the set_Settings()

_foptions::get('blerg', false);// Not prefixied

_foptions::get('blerg', false, array()) // Not prefixied and expects an array as default. If none is found it'll return an array with the $default inside

Has option

has() Returns true if the option exists in the wordpress db and false in the contrary. it accepts 2 parameters:

• $option the option name required
• $prefixed either the option name is prefixed or not. optional, default = true

_foptions::has('admin_name'); //Prefixed

_foptions::has('blerg', false); //Not prefixed

Delete option

delete() Removes the option and its value from the database. It accepts 2 parameters:

• $option the option name required
• $prefixed either the option name is prefixed or not. optional, default = true

_foptions::delete('admin_name'); //Prefixed

_foptions::delete('blerg', false); //Not prefixed