set_plugin_config()

Description

Store a plugin's configuration in the database.

Serializes the $config parameter and stores in the config
and config_json columns of the plugins table.
<code>
<?php
$plugin_config['a'] = 1;
$plugin_config['b'] = 2;
set_plugin_config('myplugin', $plugin_config);
?>
</code>

@see get_plugin_config

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$plugin_name string Plugin name
$config mixed Configuration variable to store.

Location

include/plugin_functions.php lines 320 to 341

Definition

 
function set_plugin_config($plugin_name, $config)
{
    global $db, $mysql_charset;
    $config = config_clean($config);
    $config_ser_bin =  base64_encode(serialize($config));
    $config_ser_json = config_json_encode($config);

    if (!isset($mysql_charset)) {
        $config_ser_json = iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT', $config_ser_json);
    }

    // We record the activity before running the query because log_activity() is trying to be clever and figure out the old value
    // which will make the new value also show up (incorrectly) as the old value.
    log_activity(null, LOG_CODE_EDITED, $config_ser_json, 'plugins', 'config_json', $plugin_name, 'name', null, null, true);

    ps_query("UPDATE plugins SET config = ?, config_json = ? WHERE name = ?", array("s", $config_ser_bin, "s", $config_ser_json, "s", $plugin_name));

    // Clear query cache
    clear_query_cache("plugins");

    return true;
}

This article was last updated 1st June 2025 19:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 24th April 2025 15:50 Europe/London time.