function variable_init in Drupal 6
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 4 includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_init()
- 5 includes/bootstrap.inc \variable_init()
Load the persistent variable table.
The variable table is composed of values that have been saved in the table with variable_set() as well as those explicitly specified in the configuration file.
1 call to variable_init()
- _drupal_bootstrap in includes/
bootstrap.inc
File
- includes/
bootstrap.inc, line 558 - Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.
Code
function variable_init($conf = array()) {
// NOTE: caching the variables improves performance by 20% when serving cached pages.
if ($cached = cache_get('variables', 'cache')) {
$variables = $cached->data;
}
else {
$result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {variable}');
while ($variable = db_fetch_object($result)) {
$variables[$variable->name] = unserialize($variable->value);
}
cache_set('variables', $variables);
}
foreach ($conf as $name => $value) {
$variables[$name] = $value;
}
return $variables;
}