ezpreference

Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/05/2004 Updated 05/04/2005 by Balazs Halasy

Summary

Provides access to a user's preference values.

Usage

ezpreference( preference )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
preference	string	The name of the preference that should be extracted.	Yes.

Returns

A string containing the contents/value of the specified preference.

Description

This operator makes it possible to extract the preference values of the current user. The name of the desired preference must be provided as a parameter. The function returns the value/contents of the specified preference. The current user can set a preference by requesting a URL of the following type:

/user/preferences/set/[name_of_preference]/[value]

Examples

Example 1

{ezpreference( 'bookmark_menu' )}

Returns the value/contents of the "bookmark_menu" preference for the current user.

Contributors

Balazs Halasy Author 02/05/2004 Updated 05/04/2005
Gabriel Ambuehl Commenter 03/20/2006

Comments (1 historical)

Written by readers of the earlier documentation sites, kept as they were.

Default value?

Gabriel Ambuehl · 03/20/2006 11:12 am

Is there any way to set a default value in case the user never triggers a preference?

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