How to check for option without setting it with qa_opt()?

Question

I'm using qa_opt() to check if a plugin *is enabled* or not. For instance:

if( qa_opt('q2apro_pluginXX_enabled') ) { // do something }

However, I realized that every time I call qa_opt() with a value that has not been set, q2a core sets it immediately in the database.

For the example that means, value 'q2apro_pluginXX_enabled' would be written to the database, table qa_options.

 

Questions:

1. Is this intended behaviour?

2. If yes, what is the reason for this?

 

Thanks,
Kai

Answer 1

qa-page-admin-plugins.php (L45 -) may help you ?

Key variable: global $qa_modules

Key function: qa_list_module_types(), qa_list_modules()

global $qa_modules;

echo '<pre>';

echo 'qa_modules = '.print_r($qa_modules,true).PHP_EOL;

echo '<pre>';

Comments

Hi sama55, my question is about the qa_opt() that automatically sets the option with an empty value in the database. It should rather check if the option is present without setting it...

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Two issues are included in your question. Therefore the way of your question is wrong. The default value problem of the qa_opt() function is different from confirming existence of the plugin.

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Okay, you are right. I should have been more detailed: I am checking if the plugin is *enabled* or not by using an qa_opt value so I can check if it has been enabled or it is disabled. Doing so I realized that each time I do this, the qa_opt value is created in the database.

PS: The (-1) vote on your answer is not from me.

Answer 2

This is intended behavior, though I can see it's not ideal in some cases.

Try calling qa_opt('site_title') or something like that, to make sure that the options are loaded from the database. Then you can call qa_opt_if_loaded(...) and it will return null if the option you really want is not present.

Comments

Mhh, two lines to check for a value, or one line if I do: if( qa_opt_if_loaded(qa_opt('site_title')) ) { ... }

Had been great if qa_opt worked as shortcut to check for existing value as well - without setting it.

Nevertheless, using if( qa_opt('does_not_exist') ) works but I guess it returns an empty string then because value in database is empty.