Where is \IPS\Settings::i()-> accessed from?

[Aetherdan]

I have been trying to understand the various classes available with this product and I've recently stumbled across settings.

Where is the data accessed from?

[Thomas.]

Your question is quite ambiguous so I'll try to answer it for a few interpretations.

If you refer to where \IPS\Settings gets its own data from: \IPS\Settings gets its data from both the conf_global.php file and the core_sys_conf_settings database table (which is cached, so if the data is available in the cache it will pull it from there).

If you mean how to use \IPS\Settings: you simply call whatever setting you need as if it were to be an object property:

\IPS\Settings::i()->setting_key

Behind the scenes this is achieved with PHP's magic methods __get() and __set().

[bfarber]

And the class itself is located at system/Settings/Settings.php, but otherwise Thomas.'s answer is pretty comprehensive.

[Aetherdan]

Thanks guys, much appreciated! The answer has certainly assisted me.