fixes #1286 - ElggPlugin get() wasn't handling "0" and returning null instead

git-svn-id: http://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@3669 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/engine/lib/plugins.php b/engine/lib/plugins.php
index be604606e..1e0a683c2 100644
--- a/engine/lib/plugins.php
+++ b/engine/lib/plugins.php
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ class ElggPlugin extends ElggObject {
 		}
 
 		// No, so see if its in the private data store.
+		// get_private_setting() returns false if it doesn't exist
 		$meta = get_private_setting($this->guid, $name);
-		if ($meta) {
-			return $meta;
-		}
 
-		// Can't find it, so return null
-		return null;
+		if ($meta === false) {
+			// Can't find it, so return null 
+			return NULL;
+		}
+			
+		return $meta;
 	}
 
 	/**