让我先说一下，我几乎从未使用过WordPress——事实上，我上一次在WordPress中创建网站是在2.2版本。昨天我把一切都搞得一团糟，在这里问了几个问题，试图让一个基本的菜单插件正常工作。
现在，我的插件功能齐全，性能完全符合我的预期，所以我决定在这里和那里做一些小改动，以添加功能和兼容性，包括使用设置API。然而，在阅读关于这个API的教程的很短的时间内，我变得非常困惑，然后，当我继续阅读并尝试实现这些示例时，这种困惑加深了——由于我的插件是作为一个类实现的，这就更加困难了。
除非我做错了什么，根据我的理解，使用设置API需要为每个设置创建一个新函数。这意味着平均每个插件有3-5个功能，更高级的插件最多有数百个功能。编写这么多函数（并开发一个命名系统以避免混淆它们），而您可以轻松地导入所有适用的$_POST 将变量放入数组中，并放弃整个混乱。
也许我是个守旧的人，但除非从中有所收获，否则我看不出有什么理由将我正在编写的代码数量增加三倍或四倍。以下是我在尝试添加设置API之前如何管理选项：
function __construct() {
/* constructor stuff */
$this->options = $this->db_options = get_option( \'de-menu-options\' );
if( $this->options === false ){
$this->options = $this->defaults;
}
if (is_admin()) {
add_action(\'admin_menu\', array(&$this, \'admin_menu\'));
}
/* more stuff */
// When WordPress shuts down we store changes to options
add_action(\'shutdown\', array(&$this, \'update\'));
}
public function admin_menu() {
add_options_page(\'DE Menu Options\', \'DE Menu\', \'manage_options\', \'de-menu-options\', array(&$this, \'options\'));
add_option(\'de-menu-options\', $this->options);
}
public function options() {
if (!current_user_can(\'manage_options\')) {
wp_die( __(\'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.\') );
}
if ( !empty($_POST) && check_admin_referer(\'de-menu-options\') ) {
// These options are saved to the database at shutdown
$this->options = array(
"columns" => $_POST["de-menu-columns"],
"maintenance" => $_POST["de-menu-maintenance"]
);
echo \'DE Menu options saved\';
}
?>
<div class="wrap">
<h2>DE Menu Plugin</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[\'REQUEST_URI\']; ?>">
<?php settings_fields(\'de-menu-options\'); ?>
<input type="checkbox" name="de-menu-maintenance" />
<label for="de-menu-columns">Columns:</label>
<input type="text" name="de-menu-columns" value="<?php echo $this->options[\'columns\']; ?>" />
<p class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="de-menu-submit" value="Update Options »" />
</p>
</form>
</div>
<?php
}
function update() {
// By storing all changes at the end we avoid multiple database calls
$diff = array_diff( $this->options, $this->db_options );
if( !empty( $diff ) ){
update_option(\'de-menu-options\', $this->options);
}
}
function __construct() {
/* constructor stuff */
// Do I load options? Will they be loaded for me? Who knows?
if (is_admin()) {
add_action(\'admin_menu\', array(&$this, \'admin_menu\'));
add_action(\'admin_init\', array(&$this, \'admin_init\'));
}
/* more stuff */
// Settings API should update options for me... I think
}
public function admin_menu() {
add_options_page(\'DE Menu Options\', \'DE Menu\', \'manage_options\', \'de-menu-options\', array(&$this, \'options\'));
add_option(\'de-menu-options\', $this->options);
}
public function admin_init() {
register_setting(\'de-menu-options\',\'de-menu-options\',array(&$this,\'validate\'));
add_settings_section(\'de-menu-main-options\', \'Main Settings\', \'options_section\', \'de-menu-options\');
add_settings_field(\'de-menu-maintenance\', \'Maintenance Mode\', array(&$this,\'options_maintenance\'), \'de-menu-options\', \'de-menu-main-options\');
add_settings_field(\'de-menu-columns\', \'Columns\', array(&$this,\'options_columns\'), \'de-menu-options\', \'de-menu-main-options\');
}
public function options() {
if (!current_user_can(\'manage_options\')) {
wp_die( __(\'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.\') );
}
if ( !empty($_POST) && check_admin_referer(\'de-menu-options\') ) {
// These options are saved to the database at shutdown
$this->options = array(
"columns" => $_POST["de-menu-columns"],
"maintenance" => $_POST["de-menu-maintenance"]
);
echo \'DE Menu options saved\';
}
?>
<div class="wrap">
<h2>DE Menu Plugin</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[\'REQUEST_URI\']; ?>">
<?php settings_fields(\'de-menu-options\'); ?>
<?php do_settings_sections(\'de-menu-options\'); ?>
<p class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="de-menu-submit" value="Update Options »" />
</p>
</form>
</div>
<?php
}
public function options_section() {
echo \'<p>\' . __(\'Main description of this section here.\',\'de-menu-lang\') . \'</p>\';
}
public function options_maintenance() {
echo "<input id=\'de-menu-maintenance\' name=\'options[maintenance]\' type=\'checkbox\' />";
}
public function options_columns() {
echo "<input id=\'de-menu-columns\' name=\'options[columns]\' type=\'checkbox\' value=".$this->options[\'columns\']."/>";
}
function validate($options) {
return $options; // I guess?
}
那么，我从这些额外的工作中获得了什么好处呢？