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im trying to use more embedded templates so i dont have to repeat almost identical code across a dozen templates. the only difference in the code is the value of “number” (my cat id)

template: articles/travel-books:

{assign_variable:number="220"}
{embed="includes/article-organiser"}

template: includes/article-organiser:

{if segment_3 == ""}
   {embed="includes/category-select" cat_id="{number}"} 
{/if}

should this work? it seems the value i assign to my own variable (220) isnt getting carried over in to article-organiser. if i substitute cat_id=”{number}” with cat_id=“220”, it works fine.

am i using global variables wrongly?

You’re probably running into a parse order problem. You’ll more than likely need to use Embed Variables…EE-Docs
And, you might be interested in this ongoing tutorial series at Jambor-EE where they use them quite extensively.

You haven’t coded a global variable in the example shown - you’ve coded a variable at the template level and you haven’t passed it to the second embedded template (article-organiser).

Either you need to pass it to the embedded template or you need to define a true global variable in templates > Global Variables.

thanks for the feedback. im now using embed variables, but the value is still not getting carried across

travel-books:

{embed="includes/article-organiser" test="220"}

article-organiser:

{if segment_3 == ""}
   {embed="includes/category-select" cat_id="{test}"} 
{/if}

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@Boyink

you need to pass it to the embedded template

how would i do that?

Well, the first place to look is the documentation around embedded variables with embedded templates, as they specify the formatting.

Yep…same link I gave…and a working example at Jambor-EE
😉

d’oh! cat_id=”{test} shoulda been cat_id=”{embed:test}. this was the first d’oh but will not be the last. im in the process of moving a 4000 page site over from textpattern to ee. should be interesting