[wp-testers] **OT** Variable definitions in functions.php

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

Your best bet would be to use a function call.

Ie.

if ( my_theme_option('Something') ) {
//Do something
}

in functions.php:

function my_theme_option($option) {
$options = get_option('my_theme_options');

return isset($options[$option]) ? $options[$option] : false;
}

Do not be afraid of multiple calls to get_option, the overhead is small.

Also, You shouldnt be doing any form of serialization yourself, the  
options API will take care of storing the array/object. (Not sure if you  
are doing that or not)

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:11:20 +1200, Paul Robinson  
<pablorobinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I know I probably shouldn't post this here, but I tried on the forum &
> although I got an answer to my original question, no one seems to want to
> help with the problem it's caused.
>
> I'm developing a theme in 3.0 & being newish a theme dev have only just
> realized that variables defined in functions.php cannot be accessed in  
> all
> template files like functions can. I store the options for my theme in  
> as a
> serialized array in the options db & want to make all the options  
> available
> to the entire theme easily. Has anyone done this or know of an easy way  
> to
> do it? Or is the only way to define it in funcitons.php and keep  
> globalizing
> the variable at the top of each theme file?
>
> Again sorry for this being off topic, but no one in the forum seems to be
> able to help.
>
> Paul.
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