Undefined variable with symfony (admin-generator)

Question

I wanted to create my own template for the admin-generator, so I've followed a tutorial and i'm now making my own template based on the "admin" template. But I defined a new variable called "rubrique" in the file "newAction" and when I tried to call it in the template "newSuccess.php" I obtained this error:

Notice: Undefined variable: rubrique in C:\wamp\www\PhpProject2\data\generator\sfDoctrineModule\immo\template\templates\newSuccess.php on line

• newAction:

  public function executeNew(sfWebRequest $request) { $this->rubrique =12;

  }

• NewSuccess.php:

  echo $rubrique;

ps: i've simplified the code

Does anybody have a solution?? sorry for my bad english :p

Answer 1

Sorry about the delay.

Okay... I think I might know your problem. I spent a chunk of time modifying the Admin Generator for a project, but that was over 1.5 years ago so I had to refresh my memory.

I'm taking an educated guess by saying you're echoing your variable in data\generator\sfDoctrineModule\immo\template\templates\newSuccess.php like so:

<?php echo $rubrique; ?>

These files are actually compiled first and then executed. In the first pass the var $rubrique is not available. Try this instead:

[?php echo $rubrique; ?]

Note the square brackets. I think the files are run through a regex or str_replace or something; I can't recall exactly.

Try this, then clear the cache ./symfony cc which is important. It should work now.

Alternatively, override the template and put it in your module's dir and use it with normal php tags.

Hope this helps :)

Edit:

You might know this already, but if you want to override the file as described above it will be available in the cache: cache\frontend\dev\modules\{$MODULE_NAME}\templates\newAction.php, where {$MODULE_NAME} will be the name of your module prepended by the word auto; e.g: autoUser.

This overrides the cached version. Copy this into your module's template dir and edit to your heart's content.