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Or something like that. That info is set on every page and yet is ridiculously difficlut (or hidden) as to how to go about this.

I have seen it mentioned to use:

global $blog_id;

echo $blog_id;

The problem is that calling this in the wrong place screws up that global variable. For instance, i tried using it in a function sent to 'init' and it messed things up.

Just the fact that is a very generic term (my first choice when I was defining a blog id) makes it super easy for a theme or plugin to mess things up.

You can use:

global $wpdb;

$current_blog_id = $wpdb->blogid;

This is better, but still awkward.

Or, it appears it is also stored in the actual $GLOBALS like so...

$current_blog_id = $GLOBALS['blog_id'];

Most of the time, $blog_id is just being set by $GLOBALS['blog_id'] or $wpdb->id; anyway.

But the definition all of these id's seem to just loop around on each other in the code. At times $GLOBALS is set by $blog_id, at times the other way around. At times, $current_blog->id is set by $blog_id, some times the reverse.

Obviously it is all working, but it should be easier to figure out the id of the blog we are currently on.

I searched the entire code base of mu and the beta 3.0 and that wording 'current_blog_id' is not used anywhere.

function current_blog_id() {
    global $wpdb;
    return $wpdb->blogid;
}

Would save a lot of headaches. :)

Wouldn't get_current_site() work? (It's early and my mind is numb. I can;t handle code this morning)

http://codex.wordpress.org/WPMU_Functions/get_current_site

edit: I thought it was get_current_blog?

redit: Never mind. I just found your other thread. You can make suggestions here:

http://trac.core.wordpress.org

Login information is the same as here in the forums. Development on wpmu has pretty much ended and merged into regular wp.

Good idea. I posted a new ticket in trac.

Thanks.