Detect if default permalinks are active?

[dgwyer]

Had a quick Googly around but didn't see anything on this. Need it for a new plugin I am working on.

Does anyone know if there is an easy way (i.e. existing function) to detect if a WordPress site is using default permalinks or custom?

I know I could look up the current page URL and see of there is a '?' after the domain name. for example: http://localhost/wordpress3.0/?page_id=4. It is quite easy to check ther URL for the '?'. Bit of a hack but it should work OK - however if there is a better way I would rather use that.

David

[Ryan]

I assume (but haven't checked) that the current permalink setup is stored in the options table, so you should be able to access it via get_option ('something or other' );

[Ipstenu]

You could check the value of permalink_structure in the table wp_options, via SQL.

[Ryan]

If it's in that table, then you should be able to access it via get_option like I suggested above ... off to confirm ...

EDIT: Yes, the following will work:

 get_option( 'permalink_structure' );