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}