Using vars defined in php inside tpl files

[Yahav]

Hello,

I've been planing to rewrite my projects to use Savant for a while now,

only thing is, i can't seem to use vars defined in the php file directly at the tpl files, etc:

 

 

//index.php

<?

...

$a = 'a';

...

$tpl->display('index.tpl.php');

?>

// index.tpl.php

<?

echo $a;

?>

any idea how can i achieve this?

Thanks.

[Brett Bieber]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Yahav <yahav....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I've been planing to rewrite my projects to use Savant for a while now,

only thing is, i can't seem to use vars defined in the php file directly at the tpl files, etc:

 

 

//index.php

<?

...

$a = 'a';

...

$tpl->display('index.tpl.php');

?>

// index.tpl.php

<?

echo $a;

?>

The issue here is a question of scope. The $a variable is declared inside a different scope and will not be available within the template file.

With Savant3, your best bet is to assign what you need before displaying the template OR define a helper which will be available everywhere.

The next-generation of Savant: Savvy and PEAR2_Templates_Savant, allow you to specify global variables available within every template. You might try using Savvy or PEAR2_Templates_Savant.


Hope that helps.

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Brett Bieber