Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.6.x includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_get()
  2. 4.7.x includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_get()
  3. 5.x includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_get()
  4. 7.x includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_get()

Returns a persistent variable.

Case-sensitivity of the variable_* functions depends on the database collation used. To avoid problems, always use lower case for persistent variable names.

Parameters

$name: The name of the variable to return.

$default: The default value to use if this variable has never been set.

Return value

The value of the variable.

See also

variable_del(), variable_set()

204 calls to variable_get()
aggregator_admin_settings in modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc
Form builder; Configure the aggregator system.
aggregator_categorize_items in modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc
Form builder; build the page list form.
aggregator_filter_xss in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
Safely render HTML content, as allowed.
aggregator_page_categories in modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc
Menu callback; displays all the categories used by the aggregator.
aggregator_page_category in modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc
Menu callback; displays all the items aggregated in a particular category.

... See full list

File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 594
Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function variable_get($name, $default) {
  global $conf;
  return isset($conf[$name]) ? $conf[$name] : $default;
}