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Mo' Variables

Adds many useful early-parsed global variables and conditionals to use in your templates.

Installation

Requires ExpressionEngine 2.4+

  • Copy the /system/expressionengine/third_party/mo_variables/ folder to your /system/expressionengine/third_party/ folder
  • Activate extensions and enable the Mo' Variables extension
  • Go to extension settings and enable the Mo' Variables that you want to use

Usage

Ajax Detect Conditional

{if ajax}{/if}

{if not_ajax}{/if}

Secure SSL/HTTPS Conditional and Variable

{if secure}{/if}

{if not_secure}{/if}

{secure_site_url}

{insecure_site_url}

GET

{get:your_key}

GET and POST

{get_post:your_key}

POST

{post:your_key}

Cookies

{cookie:your_key}

Session Flashdata

{flashdata:your_key}

Page Tracker

{last_page_visited}

{one_page_ago}

{two_pages_ago}

{three_pages_ago}

{four_pages_ago}

{five_pages_ago}

Reverse Segments

{rev_segment_1}

{rev_segment_2}

etc.

Segments Starting From X

{segments_from_1}

{segments_from_2}

etc.

Pagination Detect Conditional, Page Offset and Pagination Base URL/URI

{if paginated}{/if}

{page_offset}

{pagination_base_url}

{pagination_base_uri}

Archive Detect Conditional (detects presence of year, month, date in URI)

{if archive}{/if}

{if yearly_archive}{/if}

{if monthly_archive}{/if}

{if daily_archive}{/if}

{if not_archive}{/if}

{if not_yearly_archive}{/if}

{if not_monthly_archive}{/if}

{if not_daily_archive}{/if}

Category Detect Conditional (detects presence of reserved category word in URI)

{if categorized}{/if}

Reserved Category Word

{reserved_category_word}

Current Page URL

{current_url}

{current_url_encoded}

{uri_string}

{uri_string_encoded}

{query_string}

Early-parsed Member Variables (for use as tag parameters)

{logged_in_member_id}

{logged_in_group_id}

{logged_in_username}

{logged_in_screen_name}

{logged_in_email}

Early-parsed Member Group Conditionals

{if in_group(1|2|3)}{/if}

{if not_in_group(1|2|3)}{/if}

Change Log

v1.1.5

  • added {current_url_encoded} and {uri_string_encoded} variables

v1.1.4

  • added {query_string} variable

v1.1.3

  • added {flashdata:your_key} variables

v1.1.2

  • added ability to set default values for get/get_post/post/cookie variables

v1.1.1

  • added {pagination_base_uri} variable
  • added {if categorized} conditional (thanks @timkelty)
  • added {reserved_category_word} variable (thanks @timkelty)
  • added {insecure_site_url} variable (thanks @eedfwChris)

v1.1.0

  • added {pagination_base_url} variable

v1.0.9

  • added {if in_group(1|2|3)} and {if not_in_group(1|2|3)} conditionals

v1.0.8

  • changed hooks used from sessions_end to template_fetch_template, thereby changing EE version requirement to 2.4+
  • added opposites to all conditional variables: {if not_paginated}, {if not_ajax}, {if not_archive}, {if not_daily_archive}, {if not_monthy_archive}, {if not_yearly_archive}, {if not_secure}
  • fully deprecated and remoted {theme_folder_url}, which is native in EE 2.4+
  • added early-parsed member variables, ie. {logged_in_member_id}

v1.0.7

  • fixed bug where {if paginated} did not work with Structure

v1.0.6

  • removed {current_page} variable in Page Tracker, conflicts with the variable of the same name in paginate tag pair (sorry to anyone who used {current_page})

v1.0.5

  • fixed bug where if your DB settings were manually altered, this could throw fatal errors

v1.0.4

  • added {uri_string} variable
  • fixed bug when using {if paginated} and no url segments (like on homepage for instance)
  • added {secure_site_url} variable
  • added Page Tracker variables

v1.0.3

  • added {if secure} conditional

v1.0.2

  • added {current_url} variable
  • removed {theme_folder_url} in EE >= 2.1.5

v1.0.1

  • added {page_offset} and {theme_folder_url}

v1.0.0

  • initial release

Examples

###Ajax Pagination with graceful degradation using {ajax}

{if not_ajax}
	{embed="_globals/header"}
	<script type="text/javascript">
	jQuery(document).ready(function($){
		$("p#pagination a").live("click", function(event){
			event.preventDefault();
			$("body").load($(this).attr("href"));
			return false;
		});
	});
	</script>
	</head>
	<body>
{/if}

{exp:channel:entries channel="products"}

	{paginate}
	
	<p id="pagination">Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>
	
	{/paginate}

{/exp:channel:entries}

{if not_ajax}
	{embed="_globals/footer"}
{/if}

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