EE 1.6.x Module Development

Question

So I'm returning an array of all the information I need from my function, but I can't seem to figure out how to parse through the array once I get to the template.

Module:

Class main{
 function data(){
      blah blah blah 
      return $array;
 }
} 

Template:

{exp:main:data}{data}{/exp:main:data} 

{data} returns “Array”

How can I parse through this in EE code or is there another to parse this variable?

I have also gone down another path which follows:

Module:

Class main{
 function data(){
      blah blah blah 
      $this->return_user(14);
 }
 function return_user($var){
      return '<p>'.$var.'</p>';
 }

} 

Template:

{exp:main:data}{exp:main:return_user}{/exp:main:data} 

{exp:main:return_user} returns <p></p>, but not <p>14</p>.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

EE 1.7 is pretty old but still fresh in my memory.

You need to use the global object $TMPL, which has a tagdata property that contains the data/string.

Example code

function data(){
    global $TMPL;

    $vars = array();
    $vars[LD.'data'.RD] = 'foo';
    $vars[LD.'data2'.RD] = 'foo2';

    $TMPL->tagdata = str_replace(array_keys($vars), array_values($vars) $TMPL->tagdata);

    return $TMPL->tagdata;
}