Multiple options in the options_value field of the wp_options table

Question

I have come across a theme that has a way of having multiple options in the option_value field.For instance,in the theme,one can perform the Create,Read,Uodate and Delete functionalities on such fields as

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The wp_options has the following fields:

option_id / blog_id / option_name / option_value / autoload

How is this being done?.

Answer 1

I found a way to do that. This is how to Consolidate Options with Arrays described in this article

http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2008/07/consolidate-options-with-arrays/

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