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Accessing a controller method in template, when in control loop


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MrNick

Community Member, 9 Posts

6 March 2012 at 11:06pm

Hello,

In my controller I have a function which I want to call in my template.

This works fine, however when I am in a control loop eg,
<% control articles %>
<p>$Name</p> :) $MyControllerFunction
<% end_control %>

It outputs $Name fine, but fails on $MyControllerFunction as it seems to be trying to access a method/property on the article.

How can I get the controller function?

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novaweb

Community Member, 116 Posts

7 March 2012 at 8:18am

Hey MrNick,

Please post your function to http://www.pastie.org and let me know what data you're trying to access from your function.

Cheers,
Josh

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Willr

Forum Moderator, 5523 Posts

7 March 2012 at 7:23pm

You have to use $Top to call the topmost controller, $Top.MyControllerFunction.

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MrNick

Community Member, 9 Posts

8 March 2012 at 7:35am

Thanks Willr :) Excellent.