Is get_option() Not For Templates?

  • Resolved CharlesClarkson

    (@charlesclarkson)


    14 years, 10 months ago

    A customer was using qTranslate and referred me to this post where the site admin says:

    … get_option is not supposed to be used in templates …

    That’s true when using qTranslate, but is it true in general?

    And if it is true, why is it true?

    TIA,

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  • Don’t know why it would be bad…for example how else to do this:

    <?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('cat=1&posts_per_page='.get_option('posts_per_page').'&paged=' . $paged);
?>
    Thread Starter CharlesClarkson

    (@charlesclarkson)

    Thanks, Michael.

    I noticed that get_bloginfo() uses get_option() to retrieve some values. I assume the qTranslate author is using either the ‘bloginfo_url’ or ‘bloginfo’ filters and that is the source of his complaint.

    I appreciate the answer,

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