get_blog_option( int $id, string $option, mixed $default_value = false ): mixed

Retrieves option value for a given blog id based on name of option.

Description

If the option does not exist or does not have a value, then the return value will be false. This is useful to check whether you need to install an option and is commonly used during installation of plugin options and to test whether upgrading is required.

If the option was serialized then it will be unserialized when it is returned.

Parameters

$idintrequired
A blog ID. Can be null to refer to the current blog.
$optionstringrequired
Name of option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
$default_valuemixedoptional
Default value to return if the option does not exist.

Default:false

Return

mixed Value set for the option.

More Information

There is a filter called ‘blog_option_$option‘ with the $option being replaced with the option name. The filter takes two parameters: $value and $blog_id. It returns $value. The ‘option_$option‘ filter in get_option() is not called.

Source

function get_blog_option( $id, $option, $default_value = false ) {
	$id = (int) $id;

	if ( empty( $id ) ) {
		$id = get_current_blog_id();
	}

	if ( get_current_blog_id() == $id ) {
		return get_option( $option, $default_value );
	}

	switch_to_blog( $id );
	$value = get_option( $option, $default_value );
	restore_current_blog();

	/**
	 * Filters a blog option value.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$option`, refers to the blog option name.
	 *
	 * @since 3.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string  $value The option value.
	 * @param int     $id    Blog ID.
	 */
	return apply_filters( "blog_option_{$option}", $value, $id );
}

Hooks

apply_filters( “blog_option_{$option}”, string $value, int $id )

Filters a blog option value.

Changelog

VersionDescription
MU (3.0.0)Introduced.

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