When creating the modal instance in your angular controller you need to pass the modal controller like this.
var modalInstance = $uibModal.open({
ariaLabelledBy: 'modal-title',
ariaDescribedBy: 'modal-body',
templateUrl: 'myModalContent.html',
size: "lg",
controller: 'modalController'
});
Have a look at this plunker or the code below.
var app = angular.module('plunker', ["ui.bootstrap"]);
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $uibModal) {
$scope.name = 'World';
$scope.OpenModal = function(){
var modalInstance = $uibModal.open({
ariaLabelledBy: 'modal-title',
ariaDescribedBy: 'modal-body',
templateUrl: 'myModalContent.html',
size: "lg",
controller: 'modalController'
});
modalInstance.result.then(function (selectedItem) {
//$ctrl.selected = selectedItem;
}, function () {
//$log.info('Modal dismissed at: ' + new Date());
});
};
});
app.controller('modalController', function($scope){
$scope.text = 'I am from modal controller SCOPE';
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.1/angular.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.1/angular-animate.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.1/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
<script src="//angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/ui-bootstrap-tpls-2.5.0.js"></script>
<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<p>Hello {{name}}!</p>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="myModalContent.html">
<div class="modal-header">
<h3 class="modal-title" id="modal-title">I'm a modal!</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body" id="modal-body">
THIS IS A MODAL. {{text}}
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" ng-click="$ctrl.ok()">OK</button>
<button class="btn btn-warning" type="button" ng-click="$ctrl.cancel()">Cancel</button>
</div>
</script>
<a ng-click="OpenModal()">Open Modal</a>
</body>
</html>
