Comments on: The Obscure WordPress get_option Parameter

By: Will

Will — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:03:21 +0000

@Nick Good call! This makes the optional parameter even better

Peter — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:50:10 +0000

Very cool Will, I hate writing extra code for situations where the option isn’t set yet. I had no idea about this.

Nick — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:14:31 +0000

There’s a bug in your first example What if the value of your option is 0 or an empty string.

$option = get_option( 'Option Name' ); if( false === $option ) { $option = 'My real option value.'; }

I do agree, though, that the improved get_option available with WP 2.7 makes things simpler. No more checking for false.