Retreiving config data

[artcoder]

Currently I'm querying the database to retrieve the admin email address. As in ...

$contactEmail = '';
$sql = "select configuration_value from " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION. " where configuration_key = 'STORE_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS' limit 1";
$contact_emails = $db->Execute($sql);
$contactEmail = $contact_emails->fields['configuration_value'];

I'm wondering if these config values are already in some PHP array somewhere so I don't have to do an extra query.

Is there a better way than what I'm doing?

[kobra]

Have a look into the contact us pieces