Variable works fine in postbit, but is empty in template called from postbit.

[idiolalias]

hey,

I'm trying to do something from within the postbit that is basically: if condition 1, display template 1, if condition 2, display template 2, etc.. I need to be able to work with the typical postbit variables from within template 1 and template 2. Right now I have a custom template, "postbit_test", that I'm calling from within the postbit template, but I can't get postbit variables to show up inside it.

the variable $post[field2] shows up just fine in the postbit template, for example, but it's empty and displays nothing from within "postbit_test". I've tried $GLOBALS[post][field2] with various permutations of parentheses but that isn't doing me much good either. How do I go about calling these variables? I'm going to be attempting to do this with as many templates as possible so any information on how to pass these variables will be very helpful.

I'm on vb 3.8 for the record.

thank you.