I'd like if someone could give me some advice on creating this script, which I will add to the existing plug-in (see code below) script below.
So what I have now (with the script below) is a means to insert a predefined set of defaults into the wordpress site. What I'm wanting to add, is a helper utility, activated by a button or link that just reads "Copy Settings", that will take a site's existing settings (the sb2_options), write that to a file, then package the resulting file, along with the original file into a new zip file that essentially becomes a custom copy of the original plug-in for use in another site.
So the code needs to take an existing .php file containing the static code, open it up for writing, then insert all the name/value pairs from the wordpress options table matching a specific prefix (for example, all my custom options are prefixed with "sb2_"). Once it's done this, it would save the resulting file as "plugin.zip", for example and stream it to the user for download.
Here is the code that I have now, which sets up the site's defaults...
<?php /** * Plugin Name: my plugin * Description: Sets up your sites defaults. * Version: 1.0 */ function sb2_plugin_init() { if ( get_option( 'sb2_plugin' ) == "") { //Begin Insert List here. Open the file and write out all the name value pairs, just like in the example. //Option 1", $sb2_option1 = "test"; //Option 2", $sb2_option2 = "test"; //Option 1", $sb2_option3 = "test"; //End insert list here //update site defaults update_option('sb2_option1', sb2_option1); update_option('sb2_option2', sb2_option2); update_option('sb2_option3', sb2_option3); //etc // Create post objects $my_post = array(); $my_post['post_title'] = 'Main Blog Post Title'; $my_post['post_content'] = 'Main Blog Post Content'; $my_post['post_type'] = 'post'; //TODO >>> NEED TO MAKE THE POST STICKY // Insert the post into the database wp_insert_post($my_post); wp_cache_flush(); update_option('sb2_plugin', "1"); } } add_action( 'init','sb2_plugin_init'); 
