I want to save the value of input data and retrieve it, I have gone through the tutorial of otto press.
I’m new to creating WordPress plugin and what I can’t understand is once I click the Save changes button, the page shows:
Setting saved
My question is where do the value of input go and how do I retrieve that value in the same page.
Here is my code
add_action('admin_menu', 'add_page');
if ( !function_exists( 'add_page' ) ) {
//function to add page under setting options in wordpress admin section
function add_page() {
add_options_page('New Setting Page', 'New Setting', 'manage_options', 'plugin', 'plugin_options_frontpage');
}
}
function plugin_options_frontpage() {
?>
<div class="wrap">
<h2>New Setting Page title</h2>
<form action="options.php" method="post">
<?php settings_fields('plugin_options'); ?>
<?php do_settings_sections('plugin'); ?>
<table class="form-table">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2">
<input name="Submit" type="submit" class="button button-primary" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Save Changes'); ?>" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</div>
<?php
}
add_action('admin_init', 'plugin_admin_init');
function plugin_admin_init(){
register_setting( 'plugin_options', 'plugin_options', 'plugin_options_validate' );
add_settings_section('plugin_main', 'Main Settings', 'plugin_section_text', 'plugin');
add_settings_field('plugin_text_input1', 'Input 1', 'plugin_input1', 'plugin', 'plugin_main');
add_settings_field('plugin_text_input2', 'Input 2', 'plugin_input2', 'plugin', 'plugin_main');
}
function plugin_section_text() {
echo '<p>New input setting to be saved.</p>';
}
function plugin_input1() {
$options = get_option('plugin_options');
echo "<input id='plugin_input1' class='normal-text code' name='plugin_options[text_string]' size='30' type='text' value='{$options['text_string']}' />";
}
function plugin_input2() {
$options = get_option('plugin_options');
echo "<input id='plugin_input2' class='normal-text code' name='plugin_options[text_string]' size='30' type='text' value='{$options['text_string']}' />";
}
function plugin_options_validate($input) {
$options = get_option('plugin_options');
$options['text_string'] = trim($input['text_string']);
if(!preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]{32}$/i', $options['text_string'])) {
$options['text_string'] = '';
}
return $options;
}
The option will be stored in the table
$wp_prefix . "options"
as an array.You can get the option with
$myoptions = get_option('plugin_options')
; tryvar_export( $myoptions );
to see that.There is also a hidden page in
wp-admin/options.php
where you can see all saved options.