[solved] Gallery passing smarty var down to gallery template

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booo9
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[solved] Gallery passing smarty var down to gallery template

Post by booo9 »

Is it possible to pass a variable to a gallery template ?

E.g,
on the page template put
{gallery dir="pics1" myvar="1"}
{gallery dir="pics1" myvar="2"}
{gallery dir="pics1" myvar="3"}

Then in the gallery template

{if $myvar eq "1" }
....
{/if}
{if $myvar eq "2" }
....
{/if}

I know I can define a smarty var per page in admin Page Options .
Last edited by booo9 on Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Gallery - passing smarty var down to gallery template

Post by Jos »

It should work to define the variable just before the Gallery tag
{$myvar=1}
{Gallery dir='pics1'}

Then in the Gallery template:

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{if $myvar eq "1" }
....
{/if}
{if $myvar eq "2" }
....
{/if}
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Re: Gallery - passing smarty var down to gallery template

Post by booo9 »

that does it indeed,

thank you Jos
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