Problem setting a stash variable in a custom module

Question

I'm trying to set a stash variable in a custom module I'm writing with the following code:

$params = array(
    'name'  => 'st_test_variable',
    'scope' => 'user',
    'type'  => 'snippet'
);
$value = "Test test";
Stash::set($params, $value);

However when I try and retrieve this in a template I get nothing. The code I'm using is as follows:

{exp:stash:get name="st_test_variable"}

Should this be possible to do?

Bit of additional info: I'm using Stash 2.5.7 with EE 2.5.2 (not able to upgrade right now!).

Cheers

Jim

Answer 1

It should be possible, since that's exactly what I'm doing on my project.

Here's my code (which is working):

in my __construct()

$this->EE  = get_instance();

    if ( ! class_exists('Stash'))
    {
        include_once PATH_THIRD . 'stash/mod.stash.php';
    }

Then, lower down in my function, I have a function

function set_stash($name,$d)
{
    $params = array(
        'name' => $name,
        'scope' => 'user'
    );

    Stash::set($params,$d);
}

I'm thinking it's something to do with the fact you're setting it as a snippet - I'm sure, if a stash variable is a snippet, you access it via {name_of_snippet}, in your case {st_test_variable}.

Try dropping that from the variables and seeing if it works.

I'm also assuming that your add-on is executed before the stash variable tries to grab it?