includes/Database/Options.php
public function add($name, $value) {
        $name = trim((string)$name);
        if (empty($name)) {
            return false;
        }

        // Use clone to break object refs -- see commit 09b989d375bac65e692277f61a84fede2fb04ae3
        if (is_object($value)) {
            $value = clone $value;
        }

        // Make sure the option doesn't already exist
        if ($this->ydb->has_option($name)) {
            return false;
        }
        // if (false !== yourls_get_option($name)) {
            // return false;
        // }

        $table = YOURLS_DB_TABLE_OPTIONS;
        $_value = yourls_maybe_serialize($value);
        $sql  = "INSERT INTO $table (option_name, option_value) VALUES (:name, :value)";
        $bind = array('name' => $name, 'value' => $_value);
        $do   = $this->ydb->fetchAffected($sql, $bind);

        if($do !== 1) {
            // Something went wrong :(
            return false;
        }

        // Cache option value to save a DB query if needed later
        $this->ydb->set_option($name, $value);
        yourls_do_action('add_option', $name, $_value);

        return true;
    }
public function add($name, $value) {
        $name = trim((string)$name);
        if (empty($name)) {
            return false;
        }

        // Use clone to break object refs -- see commit 09b989d375bac65e692277f61a84fede2fb04ae3
        if (is_object($value)) {
            $value = clone $value;
        }

        // Make sure the option doesn't already exist
        if ($this->ydb->has_option($name)) {
            return false;
        }
        // if (false !== yourls_get_option($name)) {
            // return false;
        // }

        $table = YOURLS_DB_TABLE_OPTIONS;
        $_value = yourls_maybe_serialize($value);
        $sql  = "INSERT INTO $table (option_name, option_value) VALUES (:name, :value)";
        $bind = array('name' => $name, 'value' => $_value);
        $do   = $this->ydb->fetchAffected($sql, $bind);

        if($do !== 1) {
            // Something went wrong :(
            return false;
        }

        // Cache option value to save a DB query if needed later
        $this->ydb->set_option($name, $value);
        yourls_do_action('add_option', $name, $_value);

        return true;
    }
Add an option to the DB

@since  1.7.3
@param  string $name   Name of option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
@param  mixed  $value  Optional option value. Must be serializable if non-scalar. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
@return bool           False if option was not added (eg already exists), true otherwise.