This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

wp_set_wpdb_vars()

Set the database table prefix and the format specifiers for database table columns.


Description

Columns not listed here default to %s.


Source

File: wp-includes/load.php

function wp_set_wpdb_vars() {
	global $wpdb, $table_prefix;
	if ( !empty( $wpdb->error ) )
		dead_db();

	$wpdb->field_types = array( 'post_author' => '%d', 'post_parent' => '%d', 'menu_order' => '%d', 'term_id' => '%d', 'term_group' => '%d', 'term_taxonomy_id' => '%d',
		'parent' => '%d', 'count' => '%d','object_id' => '%d', 'term_order' => '%d', 'ID' => '%d', 'comment_ID' => '%d', 'comment_post_ID' => '%d', 'comment_parent' => '%d',
		'user_id' => '%d', 'link_id' => '%d', 'link_owner' => '%d', 'link_rating' => '%d', 'option_id' => '%d', 'blog_id' => '%d', 'meta_id' => '%d', 'post_id' => '%d',
		'user_status' => '%d', 'umeta_id' => '%d', 'comment_karma' => '%d', 'comment_count' => '%d',
		// multisite:
		'active' => '%d', 'cat_id' => '%d', 'deleted' => '%d', 'lang_id' => '%d', 'mature' => '%d', 'public' => '%d', 'site_id' => '%d', 'spam' => '%d',
	);

	$prefix = $wpdb->set_prefix( $table_prefix );

	if ( is_wp_error( $prefix ) ) {
		wp_load_translations_early();
		wp_die(
			/* translators: 1: $table_prefix 2: wp-config.php */
			sprintf( __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: %1$s in %2$s can only contain numbers, letters, and underscores.' ),
				'<code>$table_prefix</code>',
				'<code>wp-config.php</code>'
			)
		);
	}
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-3.0.0 Introduced.