Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2nd Edition

Name

ImportVar() — Sets a variable based on a channel variable from a different channel

Synopsis

ImportVar(newvar=channel,variable)

Sets variable newvar to variable as evaluated on the specified channel (instead of the current channel). If newvar is prefixed with _, single inheritance is assumed. If prefixed with _ _, infinite inheritance is assumed.

; read the Caller ID information from channel Zap/1
exten => 123,1,Answer()
exten => 123,n,ImportVar(cidinfo=Zap/1,CALLERID(all))

See Also

Set()