Questions tagged [variable]
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What is the updated version of assign_variable?
In former days {assign_variable: my_var="foo"} was a very handy tool. I haven't used it for some time and discovered that it was deprecated in EE 4.x but was not able to determine what if ...
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CE Image, variable not parsed inside src image
I tried to insert a custom field variable, Stash here, a simple custom field as a text field works fine (the value is parsed), but when I use a pair tag (as Fluid, Grid or another add-on), or a Stash ...
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Call a variable from a module that was created in an extension
Is there any way to pass a value from an extension to a module or a plugin in ExpressionEngine?
I created this very useful extension to take advantage of the expresso store module:
<?php
use ...
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Insert Selected Channel into the Template
We are creating a template that our client would use on many pages of their website, for example 'Accordion Layout Template'.
So we create a page 'Bikes', assign the 'Accordion Layout Template', then ...
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How To Create Headers For A List
I have a list of items. Each item has a season.
I am trying to organize the items by season. I believe the list is pre sorted and I need to create a header everytime there item has a new season
In ...
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Freeform: pass variable to confirmation page
I have a freeform form with a text field with a value. Users of this form are not logged in and I need to pass the value of that field to a second confirmation page where I am building a paypal form. ...
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CE Image {height} & {width} variables outputting incorrectly
I'm using CE Image 2.4.5 on EE 2.9.3 and it outputs the image cropped correctly. However I also need the {height} and {width} variables elsewhere. The problem is that both of these variables are ...
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EE3 How to show random template variables
I created some template variables which is https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/templates/globals/template_variable.html, how can I show one of them randomly?
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using stash variable with same name like EE var
loping through channel entries tag, I can use {title} for the title of the article.
inside the channel entries loop for the specific article, I use an EE partial with get list inside. Inside the ...
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template variables not parsing inside javascript
I have some javascript in a template and when I try to use template variables inside the ... tags, the template variables are not parsing.
All other template vars on the page are parsing as ...
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Is it possible to limit display of products in the catalog on a per template basis in Brilliant Retail?
In BR's settings, it is possible to limit the number of products displayed in the catalog and paginate the results. However, that seems to set the limit for any and all catalogs referenced throughout ...
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Conditional statement syntax
I am working on an Expressionengine site at the moment, the client would like the ability to choose if there's a custom phone number in the sidebar of the page and if non is entered it just shows the ...
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using Stash to output a language variable with Transcribe
In my article template I'm doing this:
{exp:stash:set name="article_lang" parse_vars="yes" parse_depth="2" parse_tags="yes" parse_conditionals="yes"}
{exp:switchee variable="{transcribe:...
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Something wrong in Stash usage and cannot figure out what
I have this code
{exp:channel:entries channel="katalog" limit="12" dynamic="yes" status="open" show_future_entries="no" orderby="date" sort="desc" disable="member_data" pagination="bottom"}
{!-- if ...
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Freeform Pro Dynamic Admin Notifications
Is it possible to use a form field as a variable address to send admin notifications to different addresses?
The scenario is that the notification needs to be sent to a different address dependent on ...
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check if a segment is a number
I am trying to figure out a way to set to variable values depending on if a specific segment is a number or not. First how to I check if the segment 2 is a number or not? I want to apply this type ...
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I'm having trouble getting simple IF statements within a Playa tag to evaluate properly
Channels and Fields Summary:
Tours channel - stores a list of all Vacations the site offers
tour_specials field - a Playa field, linked to the Specials channel indicating which Special Offers apply ...
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Insert Code into Middle of Channel Entry Post
I have a channel that stores ads (HTML ads I created and the Google Adsense Code block), and displays either my html or Google's JS to allow a random ad on each page load. I want to insert that ...
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jQuery Chained Select & JSON
I am using a jQuery Chained Select Plugin.
But getting stuck loading the data dynamically to select options from my Expression Engine template. Seems pulling the value from the JSON url is causing ...
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Sorting pictures with matching dates into galleries
I am attempting to build galleries of photos based on {photo_date}, a custom field containing the date on which each photo was taken. My list of photos looks something like this:
Photo# {photo_date}...
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Are {layout:set} variables available to all extended layouts?
I'm trying to make sure I understand the scope of {layout:set} variables, compared to how embeds work.
Traditionally, variables set with an {embed="template_group/template variable="foo"} are only ...
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Expresso Store + outputting store variables using PHP in XML. " and / are blowing up the whole operation
Alright so let me first say that this particular project is very odd and it has snowballed considerably in the past few months.
I am not a master PHP programmer. What I am is a web developer with ...
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Include CSS file in JS
I have a problem with url in js file
First, in Snippets i have code
In that init.js i have that
(function($) {
skel.init({
reset: 'full',
breakpoints: {
global: { range: '*', ...
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Is there a way to pass a category id from one entries loop to another?
I am building a site for a school. The school has classes and the school has events. Some of the events are school-wide and some are specific to a certain class. On a class detail page (domain.com/...
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Appending more data to a layout variable
I'm using template layouts, and setting variables with the {layout:set} tag.
Is there a way to append data to an already set variable?
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How do I create a single template tag which outputs multiple bits of data?
I have just created my own module and need a bit of help displaying the content on the front end. I currently have some template tags {exp:address_book:contact}{/exp:address_book:contact} and within ...
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Using a custom variable further up the page
I have a channel field with no results
{if no_results} set variable here {/if}
I want to set a variable but use it further up the page
{if my_custom_var != "empty"}
do some layout stuff here
{/if}
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var_prefix= not working as one would hope
OK revamped question: now it displays all the right stuff but it doesn't interact with the tabs and stacks them all in a static display. straight forward EE code works fine. Once i insert the prefix ...
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Expression Engine - Passing Custom Field Variables to Layout
I'm trying getting to grips with Expression Engine. Specifically passing custom field information to a master layout
I have created two template groups. One for the overall layout including the ...
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Template variable not parsing
We have a custom third-party module called qo5. All of our controllers are in there.
I have a template that I need to pass a variable from a PHP function to.
{exp:qo5 action="deal/getDealCode"}
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Switchable display order for playa field items
I'm trying to arrange it so that the output order of a Playa field can be controlled by a global variable or radio button channel field (to make it able to be toggled from the listed order to random) ...
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using globals in channel entry tag
so I am trying to use a dynamic variable, this works
{member_id}
{exp:channel:entries channel="vacancies" author_id="9"}
and this does not
{member_id}
{exp:channel:entries channel="...
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How to pass variables and then display the results?
Is there a plugin, technique, or combination of plugins/techniques that will allow me to do the following?
My channels are like this:
Parent: Product
Children: Colour, Size, Style, etc.
A search ...
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adding a variable to a partial template
I am using creating template parts (header, footer) but would like to know how I can add a variable, a body class to individual templates.
I see people are using stash but is there another way to set ...
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How do I resolve this scope issue with Stash?
I'm just playing around with implementing Stash on a site, following the Template Partials Using Stash article, but now I seem to be having a scope/execution order issue.
Layout
<html>
<...
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Create a variable from a URL's Query String
How can I create a variable that is pulled from a URL like the one below?
eg: http://www.example.com/page.php?Item_ID=774&score=42
Need to pull the number "42" from the url and placed into a ...
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calendar, more efficient code
the goal:
-show the remainder of the current month's events always
-when end of month is near (after the 18th, for example), also show the upcoming month's events
this is what i have presently, ...
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Stash embeds containing multiple nested plugins doesn't retrieve anything
I'm trying to do some stash embeds but when embeds contain nested plugins (so, more than one) he doesn't retrive any value.
{my_loop}{stash:embed name="my_total{count}" file_name="_stash:...
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Invalid EE Conditional Variable
This error:
Invalid EE Conditional Variable
Filename: libraries/Functions.php
Line Number: 2761
occurs when I have this code in a BrilliantRetail template:
{items}
<tr>
<td class="...
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Variables in templates
I want to update a variable based on my module. I can pass the variable from the main template (say A) to the embedded one(say B). But how can I retrieve this variable back in Template A after ...
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Switchee with multiple stash variables only evaluates first variable
I have the following code:
{exp:switchee variable="{exp:stash:get name='custom_sidebar_text'}/{exp:stash:get_list name='related_articles'}/{exp:stash:get_list name='related_events'}" parse="...
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Store Data in Channel Tag Variable
I'm using the EXP:QUERY tag to get the count of a channel. And I am basically trying to use this for page pagination, and its a custom pagination because of the type of template I'm building.
And I ...
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get function value in a plugin
i'm trying to write my own plugin and new to php
to simplify i want to grab a string from the tempalte then do something with it
How do i call getMyString() in another function?
EDIT:
class test
{
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Passing preload_replace variables into a plugin
I've been working on my first EE plugin today, and I need to make it dynamic by passing either a PHP variable, or I would have thought I can use a preload_replace variable, from the template that ...
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EE 2.6.1. Combine relationships and related categories for editorial workflow
On our Single entry pages we recommend other articles.
Four slots are available.
channel: articles.
channel fields: Content Elements field for the text and a native EE Relationship field called "...
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Channel Images and Matrix / Increment a variable/count within a matrix field?
Is there a possibility to increment a variable/count (something like "i++") within a matrix field so that the variable is incremented for each row with certain parameters?
The background is that I ...
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Passing Variables
I hardly know any OOP PHP so I don't know how to properly pass variables, especially in EE.
I am working in a Module, and I have a function that passes my modules results to a .php file that has the ...
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Parsing JSON in EE tag
We have a BrilliantRetail cart and I'm adding JSON data into an attribute named itemJSON.
In the cart template, we loop through the items in the cart using the {items}{/items} tag and I need to show ...
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alternative to php var in template?
It's been a solid year since my last ee project. The things you forget over time :)
At the top of my template I show the latest featured entry (limit="1" search:featured="yes").
Later in my template ...
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Can I use Stash inside Third Party Module Tags?
in the examples of Stash and every other similar plugin I always see the variables being set inside the channel:entries tag. But what if I need to set a tag inside the tag of another module? Like for ...
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