[Solved] Variable in Module Parameter

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Is it possible to use a variable in a modules parameter?

I am trying to do the following:

Pass the extra page attribute of a page through a modules category parameter

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{cms_module module='module' template='page' category='{page_attr key="extra2"}'}

But it's not working, I have tried using the capture method to capture the page_attr but for some reason can not get the module to recognize the variable. I know the capture is working right as I did a dump of variable before and it gave me the word

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{capture assign="pex1"}
{page_attr key="extra1"}
{/capture}

{cms_module module='module' template='page' category='$pex1'}

[Jos]

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{capture assign="pex1"}
{page_attr key="extra1"}
{/capture}

{cms_module module='module' template='page' category=$pex1}

Just leaving out the quotes around the variable will do the job

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It seems to be not passing the text through to the category parameter.

I have the following in my template

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{capture assign="pex1"}
{page_attr key="extra1"}
{/capture}

{cms_module module='listitdownloads' template='page' category=$pex1}

It will output the template, with no content, but if I do

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{cms_module module='listitdownloads' template='page' category='young'}

It works..

Could it possibly be something to do with the module?

[Jos]

If the value in the extra1 field = "young" it should give you the same result.
Maybe it helps if you use no quotes in the capture statement?

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{capture assign=pex1}

You can check the value of $pex1 by adding this code to your template:

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<p>debug:<br />
page_atrr: {page_attr key="extra1"}<br />
$pex1: {$pex1}</p>

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Jos,
Thanks for your help, but for some strange reason the category parameter is not seeing the variable. I have the following in my template:

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{capture assign="pex1"}
{page_attr key="extra1"}
{/capture}

<p>debug:<br />
page_atrr: {page_attr key="extra1"}<br />
$pex1: {$pex1}</p>

{cms_module module='listitdownloads' template='page' category=$pex1}

{cms_module module='listitdownloads' template='page' category='young'}

The first module template tag will output the template for the module but not fetch the category info, but the second works perfect. Both page_attr and $pex1 in debug <p> show "young"

Very Strange, and mind boggling

[Jos]

$pex1 seems to contain an extra space or page return. Capture it in one line like this:

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{capture assign=pex1}{page_attr key="extra1"}{/capture}

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Jos,

Thanks alot, works perfectly now..