Dispatcher not working as expected in blocks.

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I've created a block that shows popular records for a certain database. Now I want that block to NOT display when the user is viewing a record. So I would like to add logic that hides the block if we are on a record page.

Usually, I would just use the dispatcher like this:

{{$dispatcher = \IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher::i();}}
{{if !$dispatcher->recordId}}

	{{/* block content here */}}

{{endif}}

The problem is that the dispatcher does not reflect the page the user is currently seeing. On a page were a user sees a record, the a dump of the dispatcher from within the block looks like this:

Object(IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher)#106 (9) { 
	["controllerLocation"]=> string(5) "front" 
	["databaseId"]=> int(6) 
	["categoryId"]=> NULL 
	["recordId"]=> NULL 
	["url"]=> NULL 
	["module"]=> NULL
	["output"]=> NULL 
	["classname":protected]=> NULL 
	["dispatcherController"]=> NULL 
} 

One would expect the category and record id to be set, but they aren't.

Also, calling \IPS\Request::i() isn't much use:

object(IPS\Request)#4 (3) { 
	["cookie"]=> array(7) { 
		["IPSSessionFront"]=> string(32) "1234567890123456789012345678901" 
		["IPSSessionAdmin"]=> string(32) "1234567890123456789012345678901" 
		["acpTabs"]=> string(93) "{"core":[],"community":[],"members":[],"nexus":[],"content":[],"stats":[],"customization":[]}" 
		["hasJS"]=> string(4) "true" 
		["member_id"]=> string(1) "1" 
		["pass_hash"]=> string(32) "fc725df66df9a155b5d1b5079071781f" 
		["ipsTimezone"]=> string(19) "Africa/Johannesburg" 
	} 
	["_url":protected]=> object(IPS\Http\Url)#6 (5) { 
	["url":protected]=> string(201) "http://mysite.com/index.php?app=cms&module=pages&controller=builder&do=getBlock&blockID=app_cms_Blocks_acbupkzwu&pageID=5&orientation=vertical&csrfKey=1234567890123456789012345678901"
	["data"]=> array(4) { 
		["scheme"]=> string(4) "http" 
		["host"]=> string(28) "mysite.com" 
		["path"]=> string(10) "/index.php" 
		["query"]=> string(155) "app=cms&module=pages&controller=builder&do=getBlock&blockID=app_cms_Blocks_acbupkzwu&pageID=5&orientation=vertical&csrfKey=1234567890123456789012345678901" } 
		["queryString"]=> array(8) { 
			["app"]=> string(3) "cms" 
			["module"]=> string(5) "pages" 
			["controller"]=> string(7) "builder" 
			["do"]=> string(8) "getBlock" 
			["blockID"]=> string(24) "app_cms_Blocks_acbupkzwu" 
			["pageID"]=> string(1) "5" 
			["orientation"]=> string(8) "vertical" 
			["csrfKey"]=> string(32) "1234567890123456789012345678901" 
		} 
		["isInternal"]=> bool(true) 
		["isFriendly"]=> bool(false) 
	} 
	["data":protected]=> array(8) { 
		["app"]=> string(3) "cms" 
		["module"]=> string(5) "pages" 
		["controller"]=> string(7) "builder" 
		["do"]=> string(8) "getBlock" 
		["blockID"]=> string(24) "app_cms_Blocks_acbupkzwu" 
		["pageID"]=> string(1) "5" 
		["orientation"]=> string(8) "vertical" 
		["csrfKey"]=> string(32) "1234567890123456789012345678901" 
	} 
}

Any way to get the correct dispatcher/request object?

[snugRugBug]

Anybody? I basically just need to be able to determine if I'm on record or category level.

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[meso]

Also looking for how to achieve differentiating between category levels in widgets since the Dispatcher doesn't work as it does on templates to achieve this.