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Hi,

I am trying to work out how to access the user defined global variables (the ones created from the Templates tab) from within the module mcp file.

Thanks,
Paul

paul,

I’m not really following your question.  Are you trying to use it in your addon?

-greg

Yes I need to access it from the module. (The php file, not the template).

mysql> select * from exp_global_variables;

Will show you what you have, and you can grab based on the site_id & variable_id as you need.

-greg

Ah, ok. I am using $DB->query() to get them straight from the DB, but I thought there might be a function for it, something like $TMPL->fetch_global(‘variable_name’);.

Thanks,
Paul

Template tags/variables are intended to be used in the templates not in the module files.  You should re-examine what you’re doing and find another way to accomplish it.

I am writing a module to allow a user to choose a template from the site and send it to a group of users as an HTML email. It is a regular newsletter sent to subscribers of a magazine with a selection of latest news stories. I am storing the newsletter reply-to address and subject line as global variables.

Is there a better way to do this?

You would be better to have a module control panel and have that information entered into its control panel, where you can then programatically access it.