Title: help with plugin development
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# help with plugin development

 *  Resolved [cybershot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybershot/)
 * (@cybershot)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/)
 * I have a simple plugin that I am trying to make. I made the plugin, made the 
   form for the admin area with a checkbox. If the checkbox is checked, I want to
   display some content on the homepage. If it is not checked, then I want the content
   to go away. So on the homepage, I put this in
 * `
    if(get_option('yes') != 'true') { if(function_exists('add_google_subscribe_form'))
   add_google_subscribe_form(); }
 * My problem is that the code ignores the if statement and shows the content. Doesn’t
   matter if the checkbox is checked or not. Here is my plugin code. It is very 
   short
 * `
    <?php add_action('admin_menu', 'adding_content_admin_menu');
 * function adding_content_admin_menu() {
    add_options_page('Add Content Option','
   Feedburner Signup Form','manage_options','AddFeedburner','adding_content_to_homepage');}
 * function adding_content_to_homepage() {
    ?> <p>Add Home Home Page SignUp Form?
   </p>
 *  <form id="myForm" action="" method="post">
    <table width="200" border="0"> <
   tr> <td>Yes</td> <td><input type="checkbox" checked="checked" id="yes" value="
   true" name="yes"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>No</td> <td><input type="checkbox" id="
   no" id="no" value="false" name="no"></td> </tr> </table> <input type="submit"
   value="submit" name="submit"> [save](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/void(0);?output_format=md)
   </form>
 * <?php
 * }
    ?>
 * <?php
    function add_google_subscribe_form() { $content = "<div id=\"wrapper\"
   > <div id=\"background\"> <div id=\"emailForm\"> <p>Enter Your Email</p> <form
   action=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify\" method=\"post\" target
   =\"popupwindow\" onsubmit=\"window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?
   uri=MtScottChurchOfGod', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');
   return true\"> <input id=\"emailInput\" type=\"text\" name=\"email\" /> <input
   type=\"hidden\" value=\"MtScottChurchOfGod\" name=\"uri\"/> <input type=\"hidden\"
   name=\"loc\" value=\"en_US\"/> <input id=\"button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"\"/
   > </form> </div><!--END emailForm--> </div><!--END background--> </div>";
 *  echo($content);
    } ?>

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 *  [Abdul Ibad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abdul_ibad/)
 * (@abdul_ibad)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/#post-1757551)
 * You need save the options.
 * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_option](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_option)
 * and [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_option](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_option)
 *  Thread Starter [cybershot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybershot/)
 * (@cybershot)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/#post-1757556)
 * I am not sending the option to the database. It’s hard coded. I just need to 
   figure out how to get the form to communicate with the get_option. The codex 
   is zero help to me on this
 *  Thread Starter [cybershot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybershot/)
 * (@cybershot)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/#post-1757571)
 * I finally found a tutorial that was written well enough to help me figure it 
   out.
 * [http://blancer.com/tutorials/50837/how-to-integrate-an-options-page-into-your-wordpress-theme/](http://blancer.com/tutorials/50837/how-to-integrate-an-options-page-into-your-wordpress-theme/)
 *  [webjunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webjunk/)
 * (@webjunk)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-plugin-development-1/#post-1757574)
 * If you do not send to the database, then get_option won’t work because it reads
   from the db. As you were told you need to use update_option to save the “yes”
   to the db. If you do not save it then when they click off the page there is no“
   yes”. Or where do you expect it to be stored? Especially as you do not specify
   an action in the form.
    How about something like this for your form function:
 *     ```
       $google_subscribe = get_option('google_subscribe_form');
       <form method="post">
       <label for="google_subscribe_form">yes or no:
       <input type="text" name="google_subscribe_form" value="<?=$google_subscribe_form?>" />
         </label>
       <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
       </form>
       ```
   
 * Then you can use something like this:
 *     ```
       function WHATEVER
       if (get_option("google_subscribe_form") == no){
       if(function_exists('add_google_subscribe_form'))
       add_google_subscribe_form();
       }
       ```
   
 * This is quick and kind of off the top of my head. But generally speaking is a
   better direction I think.

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