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Alessandro Muraro
Alessandro Muraro
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Posted by Alessandro Muraro
Alessandro Muraro
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How do variables go from one page to the other?

Sorry for the maybe dumb question, but I'm following the lesson, and there's one thing I can't quite grasp.

I see that in the wptreehouse-badges.php file, I have code to set the submitted option to the variable $wptreehouse_username

I am fine with this, what I don't entirely understand is how the options-page-wrapper.php page can "understand" the value of that same $wptreehouse_username variable when called. How does it "know" this variables value? I hope this is clear enough.

Many thanks!

2 Answers

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi, we set this in the function that calls the template to load. So if we set the variables in the function then call the template, the template will be able to access those variables :)

Alessandro Muraro
Alessandro Muraro
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Alessandro Muraro
Alessandro Muraro
15,457 Points

Ah yes, because we include the options-page-wrapper.php - right?