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Sean Pascoe
Sean Pascoe
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Posted by Sean Pascoe
Sean Pascoe
17,151 Points

update_option() creates database entries?

So it looks like you use update_option() to actually create the initial database entries. Is this standard procedure (versus add_option())? A little more explanation on the add/get/update/delete functions would've been helpful.

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Yojance Rabelo
Yojance Rabelo
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Yojance Rabelo
Yojance Rabelo
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It's just a safe way of saying if it hasn't been created yet, then go ahead and create it. In other words, update_option will first check to see if the option exists, if it doesn't exists, create it.