alternative to update_option() in wp-admin

I know this is a fairly recent feature in WordPress version is 2.8.6 ( at the time of writing).

There are some functions that allow you to easily create panels in the wp-admin. You're supposed to be able to just define a function and a form, and WordPress will handle the update_option() calls.

I haven't had much开发者_Python百科 success in hunting it down though. Could someone enlighten me?

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Ok, finally tracked it down:

http://digwp.com/2009/09/global-custom-fields-take-two/