MyFavorites collision with Products - TIP
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:27 pm
In case anyone tries to use My Favorites module to mark Products, the following issue may come up:
If
is used inside a product details template a 'smarty namespace' variable collision seems to occur. The variable '$category' is produced by both the Products and MyFavorites modules preventing correct rendering of the page.
A quick workaround would be to to "unset" the Products' $category after it is used in the detail template and before invoking {My Favorites ...} tag so that its own version of $category can be freely set.
Here is an example 'clear_assign' UDT to be used for that purpose:
Before invoking MyFavorites include this UDT like this:
{clear_assign var='category'}
If
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{MyFavorites srcmodule="Products" srcrecord=$entry->id}A quick workaround would be to to "unset" the Products' $category after it is used in the detail template and before invoking {My Favorites ...} tag so that its own version of $category can be freely set.
Here is an example 'clear_assign' UDT to be used for that purpose:
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$smarty = cmsms()->GetSmarty();
$smarty->clear_assign($params['var']);{clear_assign var='category'}