variable_set

Set a persistent variable.

Parameters

$name: The name of the variable to set.

$value: The value to set. This can be any PHP data type; these functions take care of serialization as necessary.

36 calls to variable_set()

File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 286

Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function variable_set($name, $value) {
  global $conf;

  db_lock_table('variable');
  db_query("DELETE FROM {variable} WHERE name = '%s'", $name);
  db_query("INSERT INTO {variable} (name, value) VALUES ('%s', '%s')", $name, serialize($value));
  db_unlock_tables();

  cache_clear_all('variables');

  $conf[$name] = $value;
}