Snippet FAQ

Great faq. One suggestion for "How can I access a parameter in the snippet call from inside the snippet. "

You can also access parameters of the current snippet from $modx->event->params. This is an associative array with the snippet parameter name as the key. This can be useful to access snippet parameter values from inside a function for instance. The one thing to note of course is that any changes made to the regular php variable is not going to be reflected in the modx->event->params array or visa versa (this may not be as obvious as it sounds to some)

You can also access parameters of the current snippet from $modx->event->params.

You can also access parameters of the current snippet from $modx->event->params.

I did not know this. So if I have a parameter named MyParam I can access it from within the snippet as $modx->event->MyParam?

$someVariable = $modx->event->params['myParam'];

What is the event clause for?

You can also access parameters of the current snippet from $modx->event->params.

I did not know this. So if I have a parameter named MyParam I can access it from within the snippet as $modx->event->MyParam? What is the event clause for? Can you show a quick example of this in action and how to access it in the array?

<?php
function someEvent( &$fields){
    global $modx;

    $postback = ( count($_POST)>0 && $fields['formid']== $modx->event->params['formid'] );
    if($postback){
        //do something
    }else{
        //do something else
    }
    return true;
}
?>