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Without using php, is it possible to reuse a variable from within an EE tag pair outside that tag pair? In the example below, I’d like to reuse {title} outside the scope of the {exp:channel:entries} tag pair

{exp:channel:entries channel="test" entry_id="1" limit="1"}
   <?php $title = {title}; ?>
{/exp:channel:entries}

<?php echo $title; ?> // works
{title} // doesn't work

As a work around, I’ve moved the tag pair into a snippet, but I have no way of passing in parameters like the channel or entry_id. I could put the tag pair into an embed, but then I couldn’t use the returned result in a conditional if need be.

For 1.6 you had a plugin called Reeposition http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/reeposition/
no 2 version I know of.
What exactly are you trying/need to achieve?

Hi e-man, thanks for your response.

Ha, I’m trying to achieve so many different things. One example: on an article page I want to highlight a category menu item corresponding to the current article. So I get the article’s category within the {exp:channel:entries} tag pair, then store it in a php variable so that I can use it to determine the category to highlight within the {exp:channel:categories} tag pair that I use to construct the navigation menu.

I’m discovering the limits of EE templating. Like every EE tag or tag pair is its own isolated function that returns a static string of text. It’s much less powerful than using just php or a template engine that compiles into php (like smarty).

For EE2, also have a look at http://expressionengine-addons.com/nsm-transplant
But yeah, some php will get you there too 😊

Thanks so much. NSM Transplant is my new best friend.