[wp-hackers] Plugin Questions
Bill Smith
ml_wordpress at copperleaf.org
Thu May 12 14:45:06 GMT 2005
1) I'm working on a small plugin that requires an additional database
table. Currently I'm using a query like
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'wp_mytable'
to check to see if my table already exists and create it if it doesn't.
That seems expensive to me to do everytime my plugin is loaded so I was
thinking about socking somthing away in wp_options that would let me
know that I've already created it. I'm assuming that by the time an
plugin code is executed that the options will have already been queried
and cached.
What are others doing to accomplish this?
2) This may be more of a php question. There are occasions where I would
like to perform a longer running task in the background (in terms of a
minute or two, not hours). I realize that platform,webserver, php
configuration can play a big role in what is possible. I've done some
reading on using exec or system to perform background tasks. I've also
thought of creating a php command line script that could be run from
cron and check for work to be done. I was curious if anybody has some
real world experience doing this with a plugin.
3) Last one... for the moment. :) In certain parts of my plugin, I'd
like to restrict access to either the admin or users of a certain level.
Is there a call that can tell me the users credentials so I can
determine what they are allowed to do?
TIA,
Bill
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