OPTIONS

Options

Options are the way to store extension-related settings that have an impact on a company. All the data is stored in the options table and mapped with the company_id. Here is the columns options table has.

Structure of the miniCal options Table

The options table has a similar structure to the metadata tables. It has five fields:

• option_ID

• company_id- Current company id.

• option_name- Name of an option (key).

• option_value- Value of option (value).

• autoload - Whether to load the option when extension starts up. Default is enabled. The boolean value true/false.

Each record in the option_name field will be a unique value: if you add more than one value to an option, miniCal stores this in an array in the option_value field.

// Add a new option.
add_option(string $option, $value = '', bool $autoload = true)

// Removes option by name.
delete_option( string $option )

// Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
get_option( string $option, bool $default = false)

// Update the value of an option that was already added.
update_option( string $option, $value = '', bool $autoload = true )

Using the Options

The Options consists of four functions that allow you to add, get, update or delete options:

Method	Description	Parameters Description	Return value
add_option()	Adds a new option value.	add_option(string $option, $value = '', bool $autoload = true) 1. string $option (Required) Name of the option to add. 2. mixed $value (Optional) Option value. 3. bool $autoload (Optional) Whether to load the option when extension starts up. Default is enabled.	bool True if the option was added, null otherwise.
get_option()	Get option value.	get_option( string $option, bool $default = false) 1. string $option (Required) Name of the option to add. 2. bool $default (Optional) Default value to return if the option does not exist.	bool Value of the option. A value of any type may be returned, If there is no option in the database, boolean false is returned
update_option()	Update option value.	update_option( string $option, $value = '', bool $autoload = true ) 1. string $option (Required) Name of the option to update. 2. mixed $value (Required) Option value. 3. bool $autoload (Optional) Whether to load the option when extension starts up. Default is enabled.	bool True if the value was updated, false otherwise.
delete_option()	delete option value.	delete_option( string $option ) 1. string $option (Required) Name of the option to delete.	bool True if the option was deleted, false otherwise.