How to print the value of a custom control in the Customizer?

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To the Customizer section of my WordPress admin area, I have added a custom setting and custom control. I would like to now print the value of this control. How can I do this? The code used to add the custom setting/control is below (from the WordPress customize_register() page):

function themename_customize_register($wp_customize){
        $wp_customize->add_setting( 'test_setting', array(
            'default'        => 'value_xyz',
            'capability'     => 'edit_theme_options',
            'type'           => 'option',
        ));
        $wp_customize->add_control( 'test_control', array(
            'label'      => __('Text Test', 'themename'),
            'section'    =>  'spacious_slider_number_section1',
            'settings'   => 'test_setting',
        ));
}
add_action('customize_register', 'themename_customize_register');

The text input field displays as expected in the Customizer (screenshot). I would like to now echo the value of this text input field When my page’s PHP template is loaded. But when I try to do so, a blank value is returned. The code I used to do so, added to my page’s PHP template, is below:

echo get_theme_mod(‘test_setting’);

Furthermore, the type seems to be boolean (instead of string, as I would expect), i.e. gettype(get_theme_mod('test_setting'); returns boolean.

Finally, If I print the value of get_theme_mods(), my custom setting/control does not appear in the array.

1 Answer
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Your code is perfect just need to change 'theme_mod' instead of 'option' it will solve this.

function themename_customize_register($wp_customize){
        $wp_customize->add_setting( 'test_setting', array(
            'default'        => 'value_xyz',
            'capability'     => 'edit_theme_options',
            'type'           => 'theme_mod',
        ));
        $wp_customize->add_control( 'test_control', array(
            'label'      => __('Text Test', 'themename'),
            'section'    =>  'spacious_slider_number_section1',
            'settings'   => 'test_setting',
        ));
}
add_action('customize_register', 'themename_customize_register');

And to retrieve it 

get_theme_mod( 'test_setting' );

Hope it helps you out.

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