Last Segment

Type: Extension

This little extension creates a new global variable which fetches the current last segment in a URL and registers it as a global variable.

The addition of a {last_segment} variable can be extremely useful for a number of reasons. The main benefit is that it allows you to create the appearance of sub-templates and hierarchical page structures. For example, you could have a 'pages' weblog and by setting the url_title parameter of the weblog:entries tag to {last_segment}, create a structure of:
/head/shoulders/knees/toes/

The extension also sets global variables for the last segment but ignoring pagination in the URL, and a variable for returning the current URL.

Requirements

• Tested on Expression Engine 1.6.7 and greater (should work with lower versions...)

Installation

To install Last segment, you must:

1. First, copy the files to your Expression Engine installation. The zip archive is organised so that you can copy the files directly to the root of a 'regular' EE installation.
2. Login to your Expression Engine control panel and navigate to extensions page. From here, click 'enable' next to the Last segment extension.
3. And you're done!

Example

Simple!

{last_segment} {last_segment_np} {current_url}

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Releases

Version 1.0.2
4th December 2009

• Added new global variable last_segment_np. This ignores any pagination segments in the URL and returns the last segment before them.
• Added new global variable current_url. Returns the current URL.

Download

Version 1.0.1
15th July 2009

• Added much shorter, l33t PHP code courtesy of Cocoaholic. Thanks!

Version 1.0.0
15th July 2009

• Initial release.