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Obscure issue for you here.

I have a Low Variable (using Playa) that contains several entries. I need to pass the entry_id for each entry to an embedded file. When I do this, the embed loads, but the {exp:channel:entries...} tag does not work. 

  {exp:low_variables:pair var="newsletter_sidebars"}
    {embed="inc/get-sidebars-by-entry_id" the_entry_id="{entry_id}"}
  {/exp:low_variables:pair}

If I pass a number directly to my embed:

{embed="inc/get-sidebars-by-entry_id" the_entry_id="12"}

It works fine.

I can even see my embed is receiving the value of the Playa field.

Something to do with the dreaded parse order?

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  • Dreaded parse order, I think so. If embed tags allowed parse="inward" you'd be OK, but I don't think they do. But also, {entry_id} is a, well, a namespace problem in many templates. What happens if you output (in plain text) {entry_id} in the low_var loop but not in the embed? Does it render?
    – jrothafer
    Jun 22, 2018 at 5:51
  • @jrothafer Outputting {entry_id} in plain text in the low_var loop does output the correct value.
    – 4midori
    Jun 25, 2018 at 15:55

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Have you tried using the var param in the variable you are trying to output?

{exp:low_variables:pair var="newsletter_sidebars"}
    {embed="inc/get-sidebars-by-entry_id" the_entry_id="{newsletter_sidebars:entry_id}"}
{/exp:low_variables:pair}
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  • Unfortunately that didn't work.
    – 4midori
    Jun 25, 2018 at 16:23
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You can achieve the same embed effect but with greater control over parse order by using the embed function of {stash}.

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  • Thanks @jcogs.eecms. The Stash documentation is a bit confusing. Can you suggest a quick way to accomplish this?
    – 4midori
    Jun 25, 2018 at 16:24

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