How is the $catName variable being set for that layout/page?

It's being set in my controller.

How is it being set? Are you doing something like this:
$page_init = array('location' => 'my_page');
$this->load->module_library(FUEL_FOLDER, 'fuel_page', $page_init);
$this->fuel_page->add_variables($vars);
$this->fuel_page->render();

It is being set through a query like this:


$vars['catName'] = $this->patterns_access_model->get_category_by_id($categoryId);
// use Fuel_page to render so it will grab all opt-in variables and do any necessary parsing
$page_init = array('location' => 'patterns', 'render_mode' => 'cms');
$this->load->module_library(FUEL_FOLDER, 'fuel_page', $page_init);
$this->fuel_page->add_variables($vars);
$this->fuel_page->render();


On line 249 of the fuel/modules/fuel/libraries/Fuel_page.php file, there is a $vars variable that is passed to the Template parsing on line 255. If you do a print_r on the $vars['catName'], does anything show up?

Yes it contains my variable value.

Yes it contains my variable value.

Sorry for the duplicate comment.

Hmm... I'm not sure. If it gets to that point and has the proper variable information right before it is sent to the Dwoo parser, I would think it would work. If you echo out the output from line 255 right after, does it still show {$catName}? Also, just to be safe, you may want to clear the fuel/application/cache/dwoo/compiled directory (or you can do that in the admin by clicking the Page Cache link on the left menu)

Yes the value is still there after line 255. I'm actually using {$catName} in the "Body" section of the admin and it works fine as well as in the "Page Title" section, but if I put it in a "Heading" section which i've added through my layout, {$catName} is not recognized.

I'm not quite sure why that is happening at the moment... any luck on your end?

Not yet, I have one more thing I want to try tonight.