Accessing Pre-defined Variables
The following is a list of the variables you have access to within your plugin.
NOTE: you must not modify any of these variables from within your plugin.
$gv_error
This is a global collector of error data. It is used to output a holistic picture of error conditions when in debug mode.
$gv_feedback
A global collector of informational feedback. Useful for outputting variable values at your discretion. Can be set to log to console or screen. Details on config for these options to come.
$gv_site_url
Initially set to server_name, it also has any non-page directories appended to it within the kernel.
If you need to access the requested server name without any additional info, please use the Lasso 9 var "server_name" instead.
$gv_client_type
Set to client_browser, unmodified in kernel.
$gv_current_page
A string containing the derived URL component of the current page. This is initially the last directory in the URL string, however this may be modified if there is a silent redirect or alias in place.
$gv_canonical_page
This is similar to $gv_current_page however it can be overridden by a user defined page setting. This is used exclusively for the search engine targeted meta canonical url.
$LEAP_folder
An array containing all directories derived from the client-requested URL. The last element of the array is removed as in the LEAP™ methodology it is in fact the page name. http://my.site/hello/world/plus/dog will yield the array: array('hello','world','plus')
$gv_admin
$gv_admin is a boolean, default state is false. This will signal to a plugin if the meta-mode is display or administration. Your plugin should check for $gv_admin == true before performing any other admin-related function.
$PageID
An integer that contains the ID of the currently displayed page.
$site_SiteID
An integer that contains the ID of the master site accessed. This allows inheritance & chaining of preferences from site through to page.
$site_language
The default language the content is set to. This is derived from the Master Site record. Specific language options are dependent on this setting. The value of $site_language can be changed by GET or POST param, and should be stored in the session.
$page_PageGroupID
An integer that references the Page Group the page displayed belongs to.
$page_ZoneID
An integer that references the Access Zone the page displayed belongs to.
$page_requestedAssets
This is an array that contains all assets LEAP™ is to load after plugins are rendered to HTML. Fully qualified paths from web server root are recommended. Use .js and .css extensions to help LEAP™ write out appropriate syntax. See Anatomy of a LEAP™ 5 Plugin for further information.
$isAjax
A boolean that signifies if the content was requested via xmlhttprequest or GET/POST. If $isAjax is true, content will be served with the appropriate content type by the LEAP™ 5 kernel regardless of XML, JSON or JSONP datatypes.