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process_config_options()

Description

Process configuration options from database either system wide, user group or user specific, setting the global variable.
Three modes are possible: array() - Supply an empty array to load system config values.
array('user' => 1) - Supply 'user' with the integer user reference to load user config values.
array('usergroup' => 2) - Supply 'usergroup' with the integer user reference to load user group config values.
Note: Supplying both 'user' and 'usergroup' is invalid.
In some scenarios, calling this function twice will be required e.g. load user group config then override with user config.
Note: calling this function will not revert user preferences applied previously e.g. during initialisation as a different user.
If the current user's preferences shouldn't be shown, consider using $system_wide_config_options to reapply selected system values.

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$config_type: array array; // If the user doesn't have the ability to set his/her own preferences
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$config_type array Specify the type of config to be loaded. See details above.

Location

include/config_functions.php lines 497 to 519

Definition

 
function process_config_options(array $config_type): void
{
    global $user_preferences;
    $config_options = array();

    // If the user doesn't have the ability to set his/her own preferences, then don't load it either
    if (isset($config_type['user']) && !$user_preferences) {
        return;
    }

    if (get_config_options($config_type, $config_options)) {
        foreach ($config_options as $config_option) {
            $param_value = $config_option['value'];

            // Prepare the value since everything is stored as a string
            if (is_numeric($param_value) && '' !== $param_value) {
                $param_value = (int) $param_value;
            }

            $GLOBALS[$config_option['parameter']] = $param_value;
        }
    }
}

This article was last updated 21st May 2025 09:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 1st May 2025 09:15 Europe/London time.