Re: accessing template variables in perl code

Felipe Gasper (cPanel) wrote:
> On 11/8/13 10:54 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
>> I expect my brain is fried and I'm doing it all wrong, but I'd
>> appreciate advice about how to access template variables in perl code.
>>
>> I have a perl function that retrieves some data and returns it. I've put
>> the function in the stash so I can call it in a template. It needs to
>> decide what data to retrieve based on the name of the template, among
>> other things. Is there a way it can access the template.name directly,
>> to avoid having to pass the value as an argument every time?
>>
>> Or a better way to approach the problem?
> 
> Sounds like you should make a plugin instead, then call the plugin; that
> plugin will be able to access the context(), stash(), and other
> interesting stuff.

Thanks. That looks like it will do the job if I rearrange my code a bit.

Cheers, Dave