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Not working for me either.

ExpressionEngine v2.1.3 - Build:  20101220

Just upgraded from 2.1.1, I think. 

Trying to pass a test value from a page:

{embed="common/header" page_title="testing"}

to an embed with this code:

<title>
{site_name} | {embed:page_title}
</title>

Generates the following HTML code:

<title>
Get There | {embed:page_title}
</title>

For the record, I have also tried:

<title>
{site_name} | {embed=page_title}
</title>

...because I found some sample code on the ‘Net that used this syntax in an earlier version of Expression Engine.

Naturally, I would like to ultimately be able to do able to actually pass the entry title to my header embed, but in the course of trying to debug the code that would set that value I discovered that I was not able to read the embed value when set simply to the string “testing”.  So either I am doing something wrong or there is a bug.

Hi, Dr. Seuss. Is this on a site using the MSM?

Yes.  And Forums.

Had not tried to pass an embed variable prior to performing the upgrade (I’m still learning EE….) but it seemed odd that it would not work as indicated here:

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/embedding_templates.html

...so soon as after my update last Friday (which is why I appended to the other guys’ thread last night).

Let me know what I can do to assist trouble-shooting.

It definitely should work that way, yes. Can you try with a much simplified template? The embed without the page_title works, I understand? Are you using any extensions?

yes, the embed works without passing without passing the variable.  Still works, in fct—the variable’s value is just not being parsed and displayed.

Here are my installed extensions:

Blacklist/Whitelist   3
Blogger API   2
Channel   2.0.1
Comment   2.1
Email   2
Emoticon   2
IP to Nation   2.3
jQuery   1
Mailing List   3
Member   2
Metaweblog API   2
Moblog   3
Pages   —
Query   2
Referrer   2
RSS   2
Search   2
Shoutbox   1
Simple Commerce   2
Statistics   2
Structure   02/02/05
Updated Sites   2
Wiki   2.2
Wygwam   02/01/07

Did this work previously?

I don’t know if it would have or not; this is the first time that I have tried passing a value to an embed.

I can’t replicate the problem you’re having on a vanilla install. I created two templates, and put in just the code you mentioned, except I added a

<title>
{site_name} | {embed:page_title}
</title>  

{embed:page_title}

How does what I did differ from you?

It looks the same.

My project is on engine Hosting; is there a channel where I can send you the log-in information so that you can see the code in its installed context?

Are you trying this with minimized templates? Can you try to disable extensions globally for testing?

What is a minimized template?

I disabled extensions—only the Structure extension was present to be disabled—and rand the test by browsing to this page and viewing the value placed within the page title tag:

http://www.gettherebrand.com/index.php/AboutGetThere/GetThereOverview/

Hi Dr. Seuss,

If http://www.gettherebrand.com/index.php/AboutGetThere/GetThereOverview/ is a template in the AboutGetThere template group can you please post the top part of it that has your title code?

Cheers

Greg

Greg,

I was never able to get this to work on Engine Hosting.

Oddly enough, I had another client who was using Dreamhost and my code was working fine there.  So I just moved the problem client to DH.  All appears to be working.

Don’t know precisely what the problem is / was.  Guess we close this ticket.

Seuss

Closing as requested. Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions

This time