Plugins should have easy access to their own configuration file

[mattab]

Plugins should have easy access to their own configuration file

[mattab]

now available via the Option table; better solution than having an option file by plugin.
see function Piwik_GetOption($name)
and
function Piwik_UpdateOption($name, $value, $autoload = 0)

in
https://github.com/piwik/piwik/blob/master/core/Option.php

[mattab]

I believe we just need to write a small FAQ question about how to store and get values like in a config file, using the option mechanism.

[robocoder]

Can we add a cache layer to this? I envision future tracker plugins may want to access their configuration.

[mattab]

Actually it is best not to make it easy for plugin to have config file, or they might be misused. Settings should be stored in the DB using Piwik_SetOption helper, and settings should be editable in the UI. For other constants and magic numbers, fine to have them as class internals.