Title: Dynamic OPTIONS
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Dynamic OPTIONS

 *  [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/)
 * Hi,
    I am planning to develop a wordpress plugin and have following question.
 * I want to have dynamically generated form.
    for eg. I want to have a form where
   a user can fill Educational Qualification. I am planning to provide a ADD ANOTHER
   QUALIFICATION button.
 * This button will create new form fields using AJAX technique. Hence, I wil have
   no control over the number of qualifications a User is adding or deleting on 
   the OPTIONS page.
 * Now coming to my question,
    Is it possible to dynamically know the number of 
   fields a user has added? will get_options return everything? or I need to predefine
   everything in the plugin PHP?
 * Looking for some suggestions.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Austin Matzko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filosofo/)
 * (@filosofo)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388792)
 * > will get_options return everything?
 * There is no WordPress function named “get_options.” “get_option” will return 
   specifically requested options, such as the site’s url: get_option(‘siteurl’);
 *  Thread Starter [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388804)
 * sorry for that miss type. I was refering to get_option
 * This means that I can not create a plugin where the form fields are not determinate?
 * I need to pre-define everything in code.
 * Am i right?
 *  [Austin Matzko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filosofo/)
 * (@filosofo)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388817)
 * You could save all the form fields as one array or object and store it in and
   option named something like ‘ssdesigns_options’ or whatever.
 *  [mutube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mutube/)
 * (@mutube)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388844)
 * filosofo: If you’re wanting to allow people to extend a form you need a few basic
   steps.
 * Firstly, take the form element name & append a number, e.g. name=”qualification1″.
   For each added qualification increment that number – so you’ll end up with a 
   list of form elements like 1 to X.
 * When the form is submitted you can then do a loop through the returned form until
   you hit a blank (i.e. the end of the array).
 * `
    $x=1; while($_POST{'qualification' . $x}!='') { $qualifications[$x]=$_POST{'
   qualification'.$x}; } $options['qualifications']=$qualifications;
 * Haven’t checked the code, but that *should* give you an array of qualifications.
   You can should be able to save this data with update_option as normal (apparently
   WordPress will serialise arrays automatically, although I’ve not tried it).
 * Test this with a sample HTML form you’ve built up yourself.
 * Incidentally, it’s not really AJAX if you’re just adding extra fields to a form.
   Well… you **could** do it that way, but you’d be better off with some simple 
   Javascript.
 * Hope that helps,
 *  Thread Starter [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388921)
 * hi mutube, I will try this.
 * Looks like it should work.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388930)
 * ok,
    Now in my existing code, I am doing this:
 * To add default options:
    add_option(‘wphr_qualification’, __(‘your qualification’,‘
   wphr’));
 * To update options:
    update_option(‘wphr_qualification’, $_POST[‘wphr_qualification’]);
 * To get options:
    $wphr_qualification= stripslashes(get_option(‘wphr_qualification’));
 * Now in the case of dynamic content as discussed above, how should I re-write 
   my code to utilise values from:
 * $options[‘qualifications’]=$qualifications;
 * Any suggestion?
 *  [mutube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mutube/)
 * (@mutube)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388948)
 * `$x=1;
    while($_POST{'wphr_qualification' . $x}!='') { $qualifications[$x]=$_POST{'
   wphr_qualification'.$x}; }
 * update_option('wphr_qualification', $qualifications);
 * Will do just fine. When you retrieve with `$qualifications=get_option('wphr_qualification');`
   they will be available like:
 * `$qualifications["1"]` for the first Qual.
 * You do know by the way that you can store more than one option under a heading
   using arrays, e.g.
 * `$options['one']="1";
    $options['two']="1"; $options['three']="1";
 * update_option('wphr_options', $options);
 * Just in case you’re overcomplicating things for yourself. That’s where the `$
   options['qualifications']=$qualifications;` came into it.
 * Good luck,
 *  Thread Starter [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-388950)
 * Excellent, this really worked.
 * Thanks and I will add credits to you when I finish this piece of work.
 *  [mutube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mutube/)
 * (@mutube)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-389043)
 * No problem & thanks 🙂 Post back if you need any more help.
 * Good luck with the site.
 *  Thread Starter [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-389045)
 * mutube,
 * Had one more question, if u want, I can post a seperate topic.
 * Can we add some code in the plugin so that when you activate it, automatically
   a PAGE is created in WordPress?
 *  [mutube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mutube/)
 * (@mutube)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-options/#post-389263)
 * Sorry nearly missed this – you’re wanting a new post to be generated in the blog
   when the plugin is activated?
 * Is this a blank page or to have something in it?
 * To be honest you’re possibly asking for trouble (multiple pages on stop/restart/
   etc.) but it’s certainly do-able!
 * Let me know what you’re trying to achieve and will give it a look.

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