How to pass variable to a views template?

Question

I have this in my template.php:

function mytheme_preprocess_views_view(&$vars) {
$vars['test'] = 'Filtertest';
}

And this in my views-view-responsive-grid--taxonomy-term.tpl.php:

<?php print $test; ?>

... this does not work though. The template is called and works but my $test variable does not get printed.

What am I missing here? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Replace this, with your function

public static function mytheme_preprocess_views_view(&$vars) {
  $vars['test'] = 'Filtertest';
  return $vars['test'] ;
}

Then use this short code on your twig view:

{{ test }}

or if wanna use it in something.php in your views:

dump(test )

Answer 2

In case anyone else have the same problem. Changing the name of the template file to views-view-responsive-grid.tpl.php and then using that same name in the preprocess function in template.php, like this:

function mytheme_preprocess_views_view_responsive_grid(&$vars) {
  if($vars['view']->name == 'taxonomy_term') {
    $vars['test'] = 'Filtertest';
  }
}

... fixed the problem. Now the $test variable is printed. Apparently the template's filename can't be too specific.