Why might $input (Settings API) be coming through empty?

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I’m trying to be a good thememaker and pass all my settings through the Settings API, but I’m running into some difficulty in the sanitization callback function.

The core of the problem is this: the $input variable, passed in by default, is empty. My $_POST[options group] is coming through just fine (it has everything I’d expect to see in $input) but, again, $input is empty. Where do I even start looking to debug this?

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EDIT 1

In response to Chip, here’s what I have (stubbed, obviously): 

function lblg_sanitize_options( $input ){
global $lblg_shortname, $lblg_default_options;

echo "Input: ";
print_r($input);

If I do something similar using, e.g., Oenology and do a print_r($input);, I get the expected Array( etc.

EDIT 2

Here’s the results of print_r($_REQUEST); for my theme: 

Array ( [option_page] => lblg_options [action] => update [_wpnonce] => 1f96eb2410 [_wp_http_referer] => /wp-admin/themes.php?page=lblg_options [lblg_options] => Array ( [layout_stylesheet] => Select a layout: [alt_stylesheet] => *none* [use_custom_header] => true [display_footer_copyright] => true [footer_copyright] => [footer_credit_text] => [save] => Save changes ) )

And here it is for Oenology: 

Array ( [option_page] => theme_oenology_options [action] => update [_wpnonce] => 748c46a1a1 [_wp_http_referer] => /wp-admin/themes.php?page=oenology-settings [theme_oenology_options] => Array ( [header_nav_menu_position] => below [header_nav_menu_depth] => 1 [display_social_icons] => on [rss_feed] => rss2 [facebook_profile] => [flickr_profile] => [linkedin_profile] => [myspace_profile] => [twitter_profile] => [youtube_profile] => [display_footer_credit] => false [submit-general] => Save Settings ) )

I can’t spot the difference. Can you?

EDIT 3

Might the various slugs/shortnames/pagenames be conflicting somehow?

EDIT 4

Here’s what I’m doing for registration: 

function lblg_admin_init(){
    global $lblg_shortname;
    register_setting( 'lblg_options', $lblg_shortname . '_lblg_options', 'lblg_sanitize_options' );
}

Here’s what I’m calling out, intra-options-form: 

settings_fields( 'lblg_options' ); 
do_settings_sections( 'lblg_options' );

The settings themselves are all being registered in a big loop, in a fashion similar to this: 

add_settings_field( $key, $value['name'], '', 'lblg_options', $section );

Further thoughts?

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2 comments

  1. The $input variable is not passed to the validate function by default. You need to declare it, e.g. not this:

    function mytheme_validate_settings() {}

    But rather, this:

    function mytheme_validate_settings( $input ) {}

    (Or maybe I’m the only one who’s made that bone-headed mistake before?) 🙂

    EDIT:

    The other thing to check: does the $optiongroup in register_setting() match the argument passed to settings_fields() in your form markup?

  2. Answering my own question by way of an answer Chip has embedded in his excellent settings tutorial, namely: it’s all about Correlating Function Arguments. Apparently some of the variable names/options group names I was using weren’t lining up correctly.