As far as I understand (from the get_template_part codex) get_template_part
is just a wrapper round the PHP require function.
So if I have a variable that I have create in a page template file e.g. $message
, I would have assumed you could directly use that variable in the template part
So in template file:
<?php
$message="my message";
get_template_part('messages');
?>
Then in template part messages.php:
<?php echo $message; ?>
However the echo will display nothing.