Bringing second plugin file into the wordpress loop

  • I have an option which I created and populated in my plugin, and I’m able to get the value of it just fine using:

    get_option('myinfo')

    However, I am now using a second PHP file in my plugin, and when I try to do that, I get this error:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_option()

    Basically, I think that my second php file is totally outside of WordPress. No WordPress specific code works, it just acts like some regular php file. How can I get the php file to have access to the WordPress database?

    The file is mostly standalone, all it does is respond to an Ajax request, but I just want it to have this one piece of data from my plugin.

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  • Hi.

    I think that my second php file is totally outside of WordPress.

    In that case, get_option won’t work since it is part of the WP core. You would need to initiate the WP engine before using that function.
    This thread should come in handy.

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter brentontherefore

    (@brentontherefore)

    Thanks. I looked through that thread and it looks like most of the suggestions are really complicated. One guy was saying that if I do it that way I’ll double my server work load and God will kill a kitten!

    It seems like it should be a lot simpler to pass one piece of information to a php file. I’m thinking of instead just having the first file create the php file when it run, and hardcoding the info in the php file. Definitely the wrong way to do it since most plugins I see have dozens of files and they all seem to work within WordPress seamlessly but I’m not good enough with PHP to reverse engineer it and figure out how they do that.

    Since I’m still not very clear on what you are trying to accomplish exactly, it is hard to give you any advise.
    The thread I shared above discusses how to load the WP engine outside of WP, but if you are creating a plugin, a PHP include or class (again, depending on what you are trying to do) should do it just fine without the need of ever leaving WP.

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