From 32194797d5ed54ded222d9022e820a38f9befb99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boone Gorges <boonebgorges@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 03:11:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify return types in `get_option()` documentation.

The new note specifies that scalar values will always be returned as strings.

Fixes #31820.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@36234 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-includes/option.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/option.php b/src/wp-includes/option.php
index 6d9fe645c6..842981dd48 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/option.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/option.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  *
  * If the option was serialized then it will be unserialized when it is returned.
  *
+ * Any scalar values will be returned as strings. You may coerce the return type of a given option by registering a
+ * 'option_{$option}' filter callback.
+ *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.