var

var is a plugin for Statamic which allows theme authors to set and get variables easily inside a template.

Installing

1. Download the zip file (or clone via git) and unzip it or clone the repo into /_add-ons/.
2. Ensure the folder name is var (Github timestamps the download folder).
3. Enjoy.

Usage

Set

Passing a value directly as a parameter.

{{ var:color is="green" }}
{{ var:weather is="cold" }}

Passing a value as content of a tag pair. Useful if you want to store long values, e.g. HTML snippets.

{{ var:color }}blue{{ /var:color }}
{{ var:weather }}sunny{{ /var:color }}

Setting both variable name and value as parameters. Useful when the variable name is dynamically generated.

{{ var:with name="color" is="blue" }}
{{ var:with name="weather" is="warm" }}

Get

Getting a variable value is just as easy.

{{ var:color }}
{{ var:with name="color" }}

Exists

You can check if a variable exists with {{ var:exists name="foo" }}.

{{ var:exists name="foo" }} // false

{{ var:foo is="bar" }}
{{ var:exists name="foo" }} // true

Extract

You can extract variables into the current context. This is useful if you need to apply modifiers to variables for example.

{{ var:color is="green" }}
{{ var:weather is="warm" }}

{{ var:extract }}
	{{ color }} // green
	{{ weather|upper }} // WARM
{{ /var:extract }}

Recipes

• Create flexible layouts with reusable snippets