Converting mysql to $wpdb

You can query INFORMATION_SCHEMA and achieve the same: function getEnumValues($table, $field) { global $wpdb; $result = $wpdb->get_row(“SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = ‘” . DB_NAME . “‘ AND TABLE_NAME = ‘” . $table . “‘ AND COLUMN_NAME LIKE ‘” . $field . “‘”); if($result === FALSE) { die($wpdb->last_error); } // this is the column … Read more

Slow Mysql Queries

WP options (which is one of the most basic and used storage APIs) can be stored with or without “autoload” setting. Usually this is reasonable, since many options will be checked on each and every page load, so loading them in bulk during core load is much more efficient than individually. Problems usually start when … Read more