Variables

Template variables are generally assigned in the Page or Form class that calls the template. In addition, however, many variables are assigned by the TemplateManager class and are available to all templates:

• defaultCharset: the value of the “client_charset” setting from the [i18n] section of the config.inc.php configuration file
• currentLocale: The symbolic name of the current locale
• baseUrl: Base URL of the site, e.g. http://www.mylibrary.com
• requestedPage: The symbolic name of the requested page
• pageTitle: Default name of locale key of page title; this should be replaced with a more appropriate setting in the template
• siteTitle: If the user is currently browsing a page associated with a journal, this is the journal title; otherwise the site title from Site Configuration
• publicFilesDir: The URL to the currently applicable Public Files directory (See the section titled File Management)
• pagePath: Path of the requested page and operation, if applicable, prepended with a slash; e.g. /user/profile
• currentUrl: The full URL of the current page
• dateFormatTrunc: The value of the date_format_trunc parameter in the [general] section of the config.inc.php configuration file; used with the date_format Smarty function
• dateFormatShort: The value of the date_format_short parameter in the [general] section of the config.inc.php configuration file; used with the date_format Smarty function
• dateFormatLong: The value of the date_format_long parameter in the [general] section of the config.inc.php configuration file; used with the date_format Smarty function
• datetimeFormatShort: The value of the datetime_format_short parameter in the [general] section of the config.inc.php configuration file; used with the date_format Smarty function
• datetimeFormatLong: The value of the datetime_format_long parameter in the [general] section of the config.inc.php configuration file; used with the date_format Smarty function
• currentLocale: The name of the currently applicable locale; e.g. en_US
• articleSearchByOptions: Names of searchable fields used by the search feature in the sidebar and on the Search page
• userSession: The current Session object
• isUserLoggedIn: Boolean indicating whether or not the user is logged in
• loggedInUsername: The current user’s username, if applicable
• page_links: The maximum number of page links to be displayed for a paged list within the current Journal or site context.
• items_per_page: The maximum number of items to display per page of a paged list within the current Journal or site context.

Additionally, if the user is browsing pages belonging to a particular journal, the following variables are available:

• currentJournal: The currently-applicable journal object (of the Journal class)
• alternateLocale1: First alternate locale (alternateLocale2) journal setting
• alternateLocale2: Second alternate locale (alternateLocale1) journal setting
• navMenuItems: Navigation items (navItems) journal setting
• pageHeaderTitle: Used by templates/common/header.tpl to display journal-specific information
• pageHeaderLogo: Used by templates/common/header.tpl to display journal-specific information
• alternatePageHeader: Used by templates/common/header.tpl to display journal-specific information
• metaSearchDescription: Current journal’s description; used in meta tags
• metaSearchKeywords: Current journal’s keywords; used in meta tags
• metaCustomHeaders: Current journal’s custom headers, if defined; used in meta tags
• stylesheets: An array of stylesheets to include with the template
• pageFooter: Custom footer content to be displayed at the end of the page

If multiple languages are enabled, the following variables are set:

• enableLanguageToggle: Set to true when this feature is enabled
• languageToggleLocales: Array of selectable locales