I am creating a simple module in joomla. I have a file mod_progress.php.
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
// Include the syndicate functions only once
require_once( dirname(__FILE__).'/helper.php' );
require( JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath( 'mod_progress' ) );
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addStyleSheet(JURI::base() . 'modules/mod_progress/tmpl/styles.css');
$percentValues = htmlspecialchars($params->get('percentValues'));
The last line is what of interest here. I want to take the variable $percentValues and pass it on for use in the module's default.php template.
In my default.php all I have is:
<?php echo $percentValues; ?>
This does not work. The error I get tells me the variable is undefined.
However, if I do:
<?php $percentValues = htmlspecialchars($params->get('percentValues'));
echo $percentValues; ?>
It works just fine. Can someone explain why I can't use the variable?There must be something big I am missing. Using Joomla! 3.1.
Thank you in advance.
Jared