Passing an entire channel item to a plugin
Development and Programming
Hello-
I want to create a plugin where I can add a tag like this:
{exp:my_custom_tag}
Where the my_custom_tag plugin will look at the ENTIRE channel entry (custom fields and all) and then output some custom, conditional information.
How can my plugin gain access to the currently active channel item? Is it in the context somewhere?
Regards, Eric
I do not believe you can do it that way with out a lot of headache. Why don’t you just add the conditionals to the template file? Or am I missing something?
Nope, you aren’t missing something. It is possible to do the conditionals in the template file, but the specific conditionals that I want to do will be re-used in several different places, to I’m trying to encapsulate them for reuse and maintenance.
Is there a different way to go about this that might have fewer headaches?
Regards, Eric
Maybe look at snippets or template embeds. http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/snippets.html http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/embedding_templates.html