How to create radio button in options page?

  • Call me stupid but I coudn’t figure out how to do it. For text input I would just:
    <input type="text" name="option_name" value="<?php echo get_option( 'option_name' ); ?>" />

    and then hook it into wordpress using register_setting(). I could then get its value thru get_option(‘option_name’). How should I do that with radio buttons?

    All im looking for is simple “yes” / “no” radio buttons.

    I can’t seem to figure out how to register my yes / no options in db and how to get its value thru get_option(‘option_name’).

    register_setting( 'baw-settings-group', 'chooseyes', 'yes' );
register_setting( 'baw-settings-group', 'chooseno', 'no' );

<input name="chooseyes" type="radio" value="0" <?php checked( '0', get_option( 'chooseyes' ) ); ?> />
<input name="chooseno" type="radio" value="1" <?php checked( '1', get_option( 'chooseno' ) ); ?> />
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  • I have made it in this way:

    <input type="radio" id="[ID]" name="[NAME]" <?php if($[VARIABLE] == 'true') echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> value="true" />yes
<input type="radio" id="[ID]" name="[NAME]" <?php if($[VARIABLE] == 'false') echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> value="false" />no

    @simivar that helped me a lot. I also would like to append to your code recomendation with an if empty boolean.

    If this is the first time the plugin has been installed, the page won’t display a default value. I’d recommended adding a boolean that checks to see if the returned option has a value. If it’s empty then assign it the default value true or false.

    Example:

    <?php
// Retrieves the option using get_option(); and assigns it to a variable.
$[VARIABLE] = get_option('[NAME]');
    // Checks to see if variable is empty. Ex: not yet defined by the users.
	if(empty($[VARIABLE])){
        // If it is empty assign it your default value true or false.
		$[VARIABLE] = "[FALSE/TRUE]";
	}
?>

    This helps from a UX point of view. The users may not know whether something by default is yes or no. Going the extra step will be well worth it.

    Same Example No Comments:

    <?php
$[VARIABLE] = get_option('[NAME]');
	if(empty($[VARIABLE])){
		$[VARIABLE] = "[FALSE/TRUE]";
	}
?>

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