Persist fields with Setting API

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In my admin panel, if I use a sanitizing callback register_setting() and the field does not pass through my custom validation, I’ve been preventing the database from updating by using return FALSE; and adding an error with add_settings_error().

How do I return the invalid values back to the form fields that the user submitted, so that they don’t have to start all over again?

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  1. This a really good question – my suggestion is to use transients. For instance, in your validation callback:

     wpse51669_validation_cb($settings){
     //Perform validation checks

     if( $valid ){
        //If settings validate
        return $validate_settings;
     }

     //Otherwise add settings error
     add_settings_error('my-plug-in-settings','error-with-xyz', 'I fell over','error');

     //And add the failed settings to a transient
     set_transient( 'my-plug-in-settings-invalid', $settings, 60);

     return false;
 }

    Then on your settings page, if the options have been validated – check for the transient, and use the ‘failed’ settings, if they are found:

        if( isset($_GET['settings-updated']) && $_GET['settings-updated'] && get_transient('my-plug-in-settings-invalid') ){
        $options_to_display  = get_transient('my-plug-in-settings-invalid');
        delete_transient('my-plug-in-settings-invalid');    

    }else{
        $options_to_display = get_option('my-plug-in-settings');
    }