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1. Martin Black
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I have my wordpress theme template files split up into different columns. On my category pages I want to grab the category slug and run it through custom loops to get the content from the category in question. So essentially my category.php looks a bit like this (simplified):

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?><!-- Start the Loop. -->
   <?php $thiscategory = get_the_category();
   	  $slug = $thiscategory[0]->category_nicename;  ?>
   	  <div id="divcolumns">
   			<div id="col-left" class="home"><?php get_template_part('category','leftcol'); ?></div>
   			<div id="col-center" class="cat"><?php get_template_part('category','centercol'); ?></div>
   	  </div>
   <?php endif; ?><!-- end the loop -->

   And then within the content files I'm using query posts with the variable $slug. e.g. "category_name=$slug&posts_per_page=1".

   How can I pass the variable $slug between my template files? Or is there a better way of getting the current category within an included file?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   If you want to pass variables from one template to another, the best way to approach the problem is to turn $slug = $thiscategory[0]->category_nicename; into a function that you can call within any file.

3. Martin Black
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Any guidance on turning it into a function? Would I use a filter on the function get_the_category()?

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