Passing variable from route php file to template

[derekmlr]

So, I've tried a few things, but no luck. Basically, trying to get a variable from the route php file to work in the template file. I've tried $handler::setVar('variable', $variable); but am unable to get <php echo $variable; ?> to work in the template 🙁 Doesn't show anything (the value of $variable is string). What do I need to do to pass a variable from route to rendered template?

Thanks!

 

[Rodolfo]

$handler::setVar('variable', $variable);

Binds to:

get_variable();

 

[derekmlr]

$handler::setVar('variable', $variable);

Binds to:

get_variable();

Ah. So, how would I bring a variable in route.*.php into it's template file? I tried this in the template...

<?php $content_type = get_variable('content_type'); echo $content_type; ?>

But it didn't seem to work.

 

[Rodolfo]

In a route you use:

$handler::getVar('the_var');

 

[derekmlr]

In a route you use:

$handler::getVar('the_var');

Hmmm.

So, what I'm trying to do is...

* Set a variable in route (done easily)
* retrieve that variable in the template

For example, in route.user.php, there's a $type variable that returns a string ("images", "albums", etc). I want to make a conditional in the template (user.php) that applies the "current" CSS class if $type == "images".

Tried the setVar() to add it, but doesn't seem to work. I assume getVar() is for URI variables.

Thanks.

 

[Rodolfo]

The system is quite easy to understand:

route.image.php:

$handler::setVar("something",  "foo"); // sets "something" as "foo"

views/image.php

echo get_something(); // prints "foo"

the getVar() is used within a route if you need to access to an already stored var so in theme files you always use get_something(). By the way, setVar can set anything not only URI variables (I don't know where you got that)

 

[derekmlr]

The system is quite easy to understand:

route.image.php:

$handler::setVar("something",  "foo"); // sets "something" as "foo"

views/image.php

echo get_something(); // prints "foo"

the getVar() is used within a route if you need to access to an already stored var so in theme files you always use get_something(). By the way, setVar can set anything not only URI variables (I don't know where you got that)

Ah, "get_<var_name>()" is what I needed. thanks! 🙂

 

[Rodolfo]

Yes, the system binds those as functions in the global scope.