function variable_get_info in Variable 7.2

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 7 variable.module \variable_get_info()

Get variable information

Variable information is collected from modules and cached by language

Parameters

$name: Optional variable name. Will return all if no name.

$options array: Options for variable values

• 'langcode', Language code

Related topics

12 calls to variable_get_info()

VariableRealmDefaultController::getAvailableVariables in variable_realm/variable_realm.class.inc

Implementation of VariableRealmControllerInterface::getAvailableVariables().

VariableTestCase::testVariableAPI in ./variable.test

Test that all core modules can be enabled, disabled and uninstalled.

variable_edit_subform in ./variable.module

Form elements for variable list.

variable_form_submit_callback in ./variable.form.inc

Execute submit callbacks for variables in form.

variable_list_group in ./variable.inc

List variables for a group

... See full list

File

./variable.module, line 159

Variable API module

Code

function variable_get_info($name = NULL, $options = array()) {
  $options = _variable_options($options);
  if (!$name) {
    return _variable_info('variable', NULL, $options);
  }
  elseif ($info = _variable_info('variable', $name, $options)) {
    return $info;
  }
  elseif ($parent = variable_parent($name)) {
    $info = variable_build(variable_get_info($parent));
    $child = $info['children'][$name];

    // Copy over some values from parent to child to add some context to it.
    $child['title'] = $info['title'] . ' [' . $child['title'] . ']';
    if (isset($info['description'])) {
      $child['description'] = $info['description'];
    }
    return $child;
  }
  else {
    return NULL;
  }
}