var

ATTRIBUTES

Attribute	Pos.	Req.	Default	Description
name	Yes	Yes		Name of the Interchange variable to display.
global	Yes			Empty value only looks for a catalog variable. Value of `1` looks only for a global variable. Value of `2` looks for the catalog variable with the fallback to global, if local one is not defined.
filter			None.	filter to apply.
interpolate			1	interpolate output?
hide			0	Hide the tag return value?

DESCRIPTION

This tag gives access to Interchange global or catalog variables. Direct access to variables (using the syntax) is faster, so you should only use this tag where the direct access is impossible.

Here's the equivalence list:

[var VAR] == __VAR__
[var VAR 1] == @@VAR@@
[var VAR 2] == @_VAR_@

BEHAVIOR

This tag appears to be affected by, or affects, the following:
Pragmas: dynamic_variables

EXAMPLES

Example: Direct access equivalence example

Note that the following two lines are identical in effect:

[image  src="[var IMAGE_DIR]/items/[cgi item_id]" border=0 extra="id='item_img'"]
[image  src="/items/[cgi item_id]" border=0 extra="id='item_img'"]

NOTES

AVAILABILITY

var is available in Interchange versions:

4.6.0-5.9.0 (git-head)

SOURCE

Interchange 5.9.0:

Source: code/UserTag/var.tag
Lines: 34


# Copyright 2002-2007 Interchange Development Group and others
# 
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.  See the LICENSE file for details.
# 
# $Id: var.tag,v 1.12 2007-03-30 23:40:57 pajamian Exp $

UserTag var Order         name global filter
UserTag var Interpolate   1
UserTag var Version       $Revision: 1.12 $
UserTag var Routine       <<EOR
sub {
my ($key, $global, $filter) = @_;
my $value;
if ($global and $global != 2) {
$value = $Global::Variable->{$key};
}
elsif ($Vend::Session->{logged_in} and defined $Vend::Cfg->{Member}{$key}) {
$value = $Vend::Cfg->{Member}{$key};
}
else {
$value = (
  $::Pragma->{dynamic_variables}
  ? Vend::Interpolate::dynamic_var($key)
  : $::Variable->{$key}
);
$value ||= $Global::Variable->{$key} if $global;
}
$value = filter_value($filter, $value, $key) if $filter;
return $value;
}
EOR

AUTHORS

Interchange Development Group


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