Module variable many

You can get, set, and delete individual variables using the methods described in Module variable get, set, delete. What do you do when you have a list of variables? Use the _many version of each method. For this example we have an important module named beer_fibre_content_calculator and in the module we create object $mv.

$mv = new module_variable('beer_fibre_content_calculator');

Set many

The following code sets variables named ale, lager, porter, stout to various values.

$mv->set_many(array('ale' => 'yes', 'lager' => 'no', 'porter' => 'no', 'stout' => 'no'));

Get many

The following code returns a list of variables and has default values for any missing variables.

$list = $mv->get_many(array('ale' => '', 'porter' => 'maybe'));
print serialize($list);

Here is the result.

a:2:{s:3:"ale";s:3:"yes";s:6:"porter";s:2:"no";}

Get list

get_list is a simpler version of get_many with no default values. The following code returns the variables in the list.

print serialize($mv->get_list('porter', 'stout'));

Here is the result showing all the variables returned.

a:2:{s:6:"porter";s:2:"no";s:5:"stout";s:2:"no";}

get_list can accept arrays containing lists. The following code returns the variables in the lists.

print serialize($mv->get_list('porter', array('stout')));

Here is the result showing all the variables returned.

a:2:{s:6:"porter";s:2:"no";s:5:"stout";s:2:"no";}

Get all

The following code returns all the variables set for the module.

print serialize($mv->get_all());

Here is the result showing all the variables returned which, in this case, is all the variables set in an earlier paragraph.

a:4:{s:3:"ale";s:3:"yes";s:5:"lager";s:2:"no";s:6:"porter";s:2:"no";s:5:"stout";s:2:"no";}

Is

The following code returns true if a variable exists.

print serialize($mv->is('stout'));

Here is the result.

b:1;