wp_protect_special_option( string $option )

Description

Parameters

$optionstring

Option name.

Uses · 3

• wp_die()Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• esc_html()Escaping for HTML blocks.

Used by · 6

• add_network_option()Adds a new network option.
• add_option()Adds a new option.
• delete_option()Removes an option by name. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.
• update_network_option()Updates the value of a network option that was already added.
• update_option()Updates the value of an option that was already added.
• wp_set_option_autoload_values()Sets the autoload values for multiple options in the database.

Source

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563function wp_protect_special_option( $option ) {564	if ( 'alloptions' === $option || 'notoptions' === $option ) {565		wp_die(566			sprintf(567				/* translators: %s: Option name. */568				__( '%s is a protected WP option and may not be modified' ),569				esc_html( $option )570			)571		);572	}573}

History

Introduced in 2.2.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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