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. 6.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. Unserialization is taken care of as necessary.

See also

variable_del()

variable_set()

636 calls to variable_get()
AggregatorTestCase::getDefaultFeedItemCount in modules/aggregator/aggregator.test
Returns the count of the randomly created feed array.
aggregator_admin_form in modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc
Form constructor for the aggregator system settings.
aggregator_categorize_items in modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc
Form constructor to build the page list form.
aggregator_expire in modules/aggregator/aggregator.processor.inc
Expires items from a feed depending on expiration settings.
aggregator_filter_xss in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
Renders the HTML content safely, as allowed.

... See full list

1 string reference to 'variable_get'
system_test_menu in modules/simpletest/tests/system_test.module
Implements hook_menu().

File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 1288
Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

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