[FIXED] How to make a variable globally accessible in Prestashop

Issue

I'm modifying a module in Prestashop, which has folder structure like this..

css
translations
index.php
module.php
module.tpl

There is a variable $products that has an array of all the products. But it's only accessible to module.tpl which displays all the product on the homepage which I don't like.

I created a controller that redirects to a different page and a template/view/front/products.tpl to display all the products. But that $products variable is undefined in products.tpl file.

Solution

If you have created a new controller with a new template, you need to create in this controller this variable and assign this to a template, so:

In the initContent() function of the controller you need to create the variable "$products" with the values that you need, for example:

$products = Product::getProducts($id_lang, 0, 0, 'id_product', 'DESC' );

Then, you need to assign this php variable to a Smarty variable to show the value in the tpl file. To do this we use the method used by "@Ravinder Pal" but changing the value:

$this->context->smarty->assign('products', $products);

And finally you can use this variable in the template that is assigned in the initContent() function with this:

{$products}

Hope it helps you.

Answered By - Addis

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (PHPFixing Volunteer)