Making getOption true and adding flag to validate

                   
|Q            |A  |
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|Bug Fix?     |n  |
|New Feature? |n  |
|BC Breaks?   |n  |
|Deprecations?|n  |
|Tests Pass?  |n  |
|Fixed Tickets|   |
|License      |MIT|
|Doc PR       |   |