[wp-hackers] distinguish plugin options?

[John Turner]

Just create the list automatically, write a shell scripts that checks out
the file from the wordpress repository every night and parse that file for
the fields in wp then update your list or db.


John Turner
johndturner.com




> From: Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com>
> Reply-To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:50:15 -0600
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Subject: [wp-hackers] distinguish plugin options?
> 
> Okay, I have a quandry.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out if there's any way to distinguish, in the
> wp_options table, core WordPress options from options set by plugins.
> The only way I can think to do this is to (shudder) maintain a list of
> WP Core options, and if a particular option isn't on that list it must
> be from a plugin.
> 
> That isn't a very good solution because it's fragile and manpower
> intensive -- I would have to maintain that list vigilantly and
> basically forever....
> 
> Does anyone else have any suggestion as to how this might be
> accomplished?
> 
> This all relates to my Virtual Multiblog system -- a commenter on my
> blog had what I thought was an excellent idea, but I don't see how to
> implement it well, unless I can distinguish third-party options from
> core.  Here's a link to the original discussion:
> 
> http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/?p=236&cp=1#comment-2133
> 
> Stephen
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