EmailService now has Twig render email messages in safe mode

Question

EmailService now has Twig render email messages in safe mode.

-- https://craftcms.com/changelog#build2903

I don't think this is really a bug as it's intended behaviour, but this is causing me a pretty big issue because my email layout has code in it like:

{% set contactDetails = craft.globals.getSetByHandle('contactDetails') -%}

But I think safe mode now means that the craft variable isn't actually available. I can pass it in manually when I'm sending non-standard emails with craft()->emails->sendEmail(), but has anyone found a way around this for the built-in ones like the activation/verification emails?

Answer 1

OK so it's pretty easy to pass additional variables to the email template using the email.onBeforeSendEmail event:

craft()->on('email.onBeforeSendEmail', function(Event $event)
{
    $event->params['variables']['craft'] = new CraftVariable();
});

Although I guess there are security reasons for email templates being rendered in safe mode in the first place so I don't know how much of a good idea this is...

Answer 2

As of Craft 2.6.2916, the email fields are no longer ran through Twig's safe mode.

EmailService no longer has Twig render email messages in safe mode, which was a little heavy-handed and prevented email message templates from accessing global variables and other things.