By cschults on

Is it possible to get/access page variables outside of phptemplate_preprocess_page?

For example, within phptemplate_preprocess_page, I can get $vars['node'], but I'd like to access this info from a custom function.

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deciphered
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It really depends on exactly what you are trying to achieve.

If your custom function is directly related to a preprocess function, then you would simply pass it from your the preprocess function to your function (yourfunction(&$vars['node'])).

If your function is called from somewhere that doesn't have the variable, you would need to load in the variable using node_load($nid).

For more information about Drupal API functions, refer to: http://api.drupal.org

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cschults commented

Thanks Deciphered.

Functions within my theme's template.php need node information, such as node type. I know I can use node_load(), but I was trying to avoid that as that seems inefficient. While I may need to do so in the future, I was able to use the preprocess functions to meet my current needs by saving info to variables.

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nevets commented

When calling node_load() with just a nid (ex: node_load($nid)), for a given nid, the first time the database is accessed and the node cached. With the same page any additional calls with the same nid simply return the cached node.

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cschults commented

Thanks nevets.

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nevets commented

Yes, if you call the custom function from phptemplate_preprocess_page and pass the variable :)

More seriously without knowing the context of how the function is called it is hard to say.