Mo' Variables
Adds many useful early-parsed global variables and conditionals to use in your templates.
Installation
Compatibility
- ExpressionEngine 2.9+
- ExpressionEngine 3.0+
- ExpressionEngine 4.0+
For earlier versions of EE, use version 1.1.7.
Installation for ExpressionEngine 3.0+
- Copy the /system/expressionengine/third_party/mo_variables/ folder to your /system/user/addons/ folder
- Activate extensions and enable the Mo' Variables extension
- Go to extension settings and enable the Mo' Variables that you want to use
Installation for legacy ExpressionEngine 2.x
- 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
Upgrading from 1.3.0 and below
All input variables, like {get:your_key}, {get_post:your_key}, {post:your_key}, and {cookie:your_key}, are now escaped using htmlentities.
Upgrading from 1.1.7 and below
The syntax for Early-parsed Member Group Conditionals and Early-parsed Member ID Conditionals has changed in 1.2. Be sure to update your templates accordingly.
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
{!-- a full url, e.g. http://yoursite.com/site/foo --}
{last_page_visited}
{!-- just the URI portion of the url, e.g. site/foo --}
{last_uri_visited}
{one_page_ago}
{one_uri_ago}
{two_pages_ago}
{two_uris_ago}
{three_pages_ago}
{three_uris_ago}
{four_pages_ago}
{four_uris_ago}
{five_pages_ago}
{five_uris_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}
{hostname}
{http_host}
{server_name}
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}
Early-parsed Member ID Conditionals
{if has_member_id_1_2_3}{/if}
{if not_has_member_id_1_2_3}{/if}
Early-parsed Mobile Detection Conditionals
{if is_mobile}
{if is_not_mobile}
{if is_tablet}
{if is_not_tablet}
{if is_phone}
{if is_not_phone}
Change Log
v1.3.0
- Added ExpressionEngine 3 compatibility
v1.2.2
- Updated Mobile_Detect.php to version 2.8.17
- Added {http_host} and {server_name} to Current URL set of variables
v1.2.1
- Added {hostname} to Current URL set of variables
- Added uri variables to Page Tracker variables
v1.2.0
- EE 2.9 compatibility
- Changed Member Group and Member ID conditionals syntax
v1.1.6
-
added {if has_member_id(1|2|3)} and {if not_has_member_id(1|2|3)} conditionals -
added {if is_mobile} {if is_not_mobile} {if is_phone} {if is_not_phone} {if is_tablet} {if is_not_tablet} conditionals
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}