The entire template is parsed (including all of the "include" directives)
before any template Python code is run, so the include directives cannot
include variables defined in the template itself. The code that comes right
after the "include" is eval'ed in the view environment, which includes the
web2py global environement, plus any variables defined in the model files
or returned in the dict of the controller action. So, as you have observed,
you can include variables in the "include" directive, but they must be
defined in the models or controller, not in the view itself.
Basically, "include" and "extend" are template system directives, not
Python code, so they are processed when the template is parsed (into Python
code), not when the parsed template is finally executed.
Also, keep in mind that if you're "include" and "extend" files are
determined dynamically at runtime using variables to determine the
filenames, then you will not be able to compile the views (which obviously
must be compiled prior to runtime, when the filenames will not be known).
Anthony
On Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:45:40 AM UTC-4, David Marko wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use include in 'for' statement importing left navigation
> snippets from separate folders for particular modules. Code is very simple
> as below. But it fails on line with include saying that 'm' variable doesnt
> exist. I tried this and that and found out that include can see variables
> specified in models but cant see any variable defined in template ... What
> wrong I'm doing?
>
> {{ for m in app.modules.codes: }}
> {{include m+'/left_navig.html' }}
> {{pass}}
>
>
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