Provided by Lee Peterson
/**
* Return a variable (if exists)
*
* @param mixed $var The variable name, can also be a modifier for specific types
* @param string|array|object $type (optional) Super globals, url/url-relative, constants, globals, options, transients, cache, user data, Pod field values, dates
*
* 'get' // $output = pods_unslash( $_GET[ $var ] )
* 'post' // $output = pods_unslash( $_POST[ $var ] )
* 'request' // $output = pods_unslash( $_REQUEST[ $var ] )
* 'url' // // 'first' // 'last' // is_numeric( $var )
* 'uri' ^^^
* 'url-relative' ^^^
* 'template-url' // get_template_directory_uri()
* 'stylesheet-url' // get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
* 'site-url' // get_site_url( $blog_id, $path, $scheme )
* 'home-url' // get_home_url( $blog_id, $path, $scheme )
* 'admin-url' // get_admin_url( $blog_id, $path, $scheme )
* 'includes-url' // includes_url( $var )
* 'content-url' // content_url( $var )
* 'plugins-url' // plugins_url( $path, $plugin )
* 'network-site-url' // network_site_url( $path, $scheme )
* 'network-home-url' // network_home_url( $path, $scheme )
* 'network-admin-url' // network_admin_url( $path, $scheme )
* 'user-admin-url' // user_admin_url( $path, $scheme )
* 'prefix' // $wpdb->prefix
* 'server' // $_SERVER[ $var ]
* 'session' // $_SESSION[ $var ]
* 'global' // $GLOBALS[ $var ]
* 'globals' ^^^
* 'cookie' // $_COOKIE[ $var ]
* 'constant' // $output = constant( $var )
* 'user' // get_userdata( get_current_user_id() ) // $value = get_user_meta( $user->ID, $var )
* 'option' // get_option( $var, $default )
* 'site-option' // get_site_option( $var, $default )
* 'transient' // get_transient( $var )
* 'site-transient' // get_site_transient( $var )
* 'cache' // $GLOBALS[ 'wp_object_cache' ] // $output = wp_cache_get( $var, $group, $force )
* 'pods-transient' // $output = pods_transient_get( $var, $callback )
* 'pods-site-transient' // $output = pods_site_transient_get( $var, $callback )
* 'pods-cache' // $GLOBALS[ 'wp_object_cache' ] // $output = pods_cache_get( $var, $group, $callback )
* 'pods-option-cache' // $output = pods_option_cache_get( $var, $group, $callback )
* 'date' // $output = date_i18n( $var[ 0 ], ( isset( $var[ 1 ] ) ? strtotime( $var[ 1 ] ) : false ) );
* 'pods' // global $pods;
if ( 'pods' === $type ) // $options = array( // 'field' => $var, // 'fields' => $pods->fields // $output = pods_serial_comma( $output, $options );
elseif ( 'pods_display' === $type ) // $output = $pods->display( $var );
* 'pods_display' ^^^
* 'post_id' // $post_id = get_the_ID();
*
* @param mixed $default (optional) The default value to set if variable doesn't exist
* @param bool $strict (optional) Only allow values (must not be empty)
* @param array $params (optional) Set 'casting'=>true to cast value from $default, 'allowed'=>$allowed to restrict a value to what's allowed
*
* @return mixed The variable (if exists), or default value
* @since 2.3.10
*/
$var = pods_v( $var = null, $type = 'get', $default = null, $strict = false, $params = array() );
