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Hi -

I’m trying to modify a string variable that comes from the exp:channel:entries tag with a reg-ex in php. I cant figure out how to get the variable into php. I’m allowing PHP in my template, and parsing it at output, but just cant get the EE variable in php. What am I missing?

summer

Hi skgreene,

What have you tried? A simple example like this should work:

{exp:channel:entries channel="my_channel" limit="10"}
<?php
$title = '{title}';
echo sprintf('Title is %s characters long', strlen($title));
?>
{/exp:channel:entries}

I recommend though that you think about making this a plugin rather than using PHP directly in the template. You will find it considerably easier to maintain, especially if you wish to use this again elsewhere, and as Greg Aker has demonstrated you will probably also find it faster.

Cheers

Greg