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Super Globals lets you manage all your early and late parsed variables, as well as snippets, in one easy to use screen and organized into tabs. Define what member groups can add and manage tab groups, variables, and even what specific variables they can edit.

The extension allows you to use GET and POST variables without enabling PHP in your templates, or adding PHP to your config file. As a bonus, Super Globals also includes is access to every member field for the current user with a single variable. If logged in, {member:bio} will return the Bio text. {member:bio:label} will print “Bio”. The :label is especially useful for Custom Member Fields in which you may have a long Label name. These variables are usually available with a 3rd party modules such as User, or using the built in{exp:member:custom_profile_data} tag pair, but with Super Globals you can access them anywhere as a single variable… no tag pair required, and even use them in template conditional statements.

The module lets you create a custom list of variables from 9 different variable types which include Text, Textarea, Select list, Multi-Select list, Radio group, Checkbox group, Channel Entries, Categories, Link, and Snippet. To top if off, the Link variable type gives you a list of your site pages if you use the Structure or Pages module.

The Accessory will replace the Global Variables and Snippets menu items in Design > Templates with a link to Super Globals. You can also change the display name to whatever you like, such as “Site Variables”, “Site Settings” etc.

In order for GET and POST variables to work, the possible names must be used at least once, or entered into the default list in the settings menu. For example, the first time you submit a form with the field first_name, your template may render{post:first_name} and not parse it, thus not showing the value it contains. The second time, and any time thereafter, the variable will work properly.

If you are submitting a form with the following fields: first_name, last_name, and message, you can access the posted values by using {post:first_name}, {post:last_name} and {post:message} anywhere in your templates, even in a conditional. The same works for GET variables, e.g. {get:referrer}

All multiple options, such as Entries, Categories, Radios, Checkboxes, and Select values are separated by a pipe. For example, 3 selected channel entries would output as 2|5|9

Super Globals Links

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This entry was last updated March 29, 2012, 9:03 am.

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