Make a module available to a template

[neonwired]

I'm trying to write my first module and am a bit confused about how to make a variable available to templates.

I've seen both of these in the init function and neither seem to work for me.

wire("fuel")->set("html", $this);

$this->wire->set("html", $this);

$html is always NULL in my template.

Which is correct or are both wrong?

 

[owzim]

If your module extends Wire or any Wire derived class, you should be able to this in your init() method.

public function init()
{
    $this->wire('html', $this);
}

Are you sure the module is loaded when the template is rendered? See the autoload option in your modules config:

public static function getModuleInfo()
{
    return array(
        'title'    => 'Example module',
        'version'  => '1.0.0',
        'singular' => true,
        'autoload' => true,
    );
}

You could also load it manually:

$html = $modules->get('ModuleName');

 

[neonwired]

It was extending WireData but i'd forgotten to add namespace ProcessWire;

Thanks for your help.