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how do you add more variables for head.tpl?
« on: March 17, 2014, 01:53:06 AM »
If in storefront/view/default_html5/template/common/head.tpl I enter the line

print_r (get_defined_vars());

I get an array of all defined variables. Now, how can I add extra variables? Where (what file) those variables are defined and populated?
I know the query, I just don't know where to write it.

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Re: how do you add more variables for head.tpl?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 08:49:06 AM »
i am not clear what variables you look for? Some variable are specific to common, page or block controller

For head, see this controller:
https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/blob/master/public_html/storefront/controller/common/head.php
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Re: how do you add more variables for head.tpl?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 08:33:06 PM »
Basically I need to get the image of the product url within the head tags for Facebook metatags. I just did it opening a connection in the head.tpl but I don't quite like the idea :-/

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Re: how do you add more variables for head.tpl?
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2014, 04:04:50 PM »
If this data comes from facebook based on direct access to facebook URL, it needs to be in 'tpl' file
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Re: how do you add more variables for head.tpl?
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2014, 09:28:23 PM »
No, the image URL corresponding to the article you are viewing is in resources, and the URL is in the database (resource_description.resource_path). I had to do a query, even though I didn't want to :-/ but it's working :-)

 

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