Can you use segment variables with the Pages Module?

Question

I have a very specific URL structure I'm trying to set up:

city-segment/venue-segment

ex. houston/the-bar

"city-segment" pulls from a City Channel while "venue-segment" pulls from a Venue Channel. I've got it set up correctly using the Pages Module, but now I'm trying to display a field from the City Channel using a third segment:

houston/the-bar/information

"information" segment should display text entered into the {venue_info} field of "The Bar" Venue Channel Entry. I have an info template within the venue template group with this code:

{exp:channel:entries
  channel="venues"
  disable="categories|member_data|pagination"
  dynamic="no"
  limit="1"
  require_entry="yes"
  status="open"
  url_title="{segment_2}"
}

  {venue_info}

{/exp:channel:entries}

Trying to view this code gives me nothing. I'm guessing that assigning a Channel Entry to a URI using the Pages Module is preventing me from using any segment variables? If so, is there another way to solve this without using Structure?

Venue/Info Template

{layout="_layouts/.html-layout"}

{layout:set name="city" value="{segment_1}"}

Hi

{exp:channel:entries
  channel="venues"
  disable="categories|member_data|pagination"
  limit="1"
  require_entry="yes"
  status="open"
  url_title="{segment_2}"
}

  {title} Info

{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

You can do this using Resource Router instead of the Pages module. In your system/expressionengine/config/config.php file:

$config['resource_router'] = array(
    ':any/:any/(info|menu|hours|some_other_page)' => function($router, $wildcard1, $wildcard2, $wildcard3) {
        $validCity = $wildcard1->isValidUrlTitle(array('channel' => 'cities'));

        $validVenue = $wildcard2->isValidUrlTitle(array('channel' => 'venues'));

        if ($validCity && $validVenue)
        {
            $router->setTemplate('_venues/_'.$wildcard3);
        }
        else
        {
            $router->set404();
        }
    },
);

This example assumes you have a _venue template group with _info, _menu, _hours, and _some_other_page templates. In your templates can you just refer to {segment_X} variables as normal.

Answer 2

It seems like an embed might help you get the job done.

Can you you do something like this:

{embed="_embeds/venue" segment_2="{segment_2}"}

Then in your embedded template:

{exp:channel:entries
  channel="venues"
  disable="categories|member_data|pagination"
  dynamic="no"
  limit="1"
  require_entry="yes"
  status="open"
  url_title="{embed:segment_2}"
}

  {venue_info}

{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 3

Did you select the information template in the Pages tab?

Your code should work fine.