Global conditional variable via EE API

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Cheers,

Where and how you do this is going to largely depend on parse order.

To add a global variable to be parsed that is dynamic you can add it to _global_vars like this:

$this->EE->config->_global_vars['variable_name'] = $variable_value;

But you cannot do this inside of your module because its code is executed after the template parser parses the global variables. To use this technique you will have to add a variable to the _global_vars array in an extension that runs on maybe session_start. However, if you don’t want to write an extension and keep all this in your module you can create a module tag that wraps the entire page and parsers a conditional variable. Something like:

public function call_service() 
   {      
      ///other cool code...
      
      
      $variables = array(
         'is_logged_in' => TRUE,
      );

      return $this->EE->functions->prep_conditionals($this->EE->TMPL->tagdata, $variables);
   }

This would result in template usage like:

{exp:your_module:call_service}

   {if is_logged_in}
   
   
   
   {/if}

{/exp:your_module:call_service}

I ended up writing an extension that runs on the sessions_start hook. The extension adds a new global var that I can use inside my templates. Problem solved, thank you for your help!