Re: [SMARTY] Question on componentized templates

Robert Hazeltine wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm new to the use of Smarty templates so I hope someone can assist with
> my question.  Is it possible to substitute a variable in in following
> example - ie symbol = $smarty. Is there some reason, I cannot do this
> but, if I can, how?
> 
> Example:
> 
> $smarty = "YAHOO";
> 
> {load_ticker symbol='SMARTY' assign='ticker'}
> {load_ticker symbol='{$smarty}' assign = 'ticker'}

in your php file:

// $smarty is a Smarty object
$smarty->assign('TickerSymbol',	'YAHOO');

in your template:

{load_ticker symbol=$TickerSymbol assign='ticker'}


I would strongly suggest never using a variable named $smarty purely
because Smarty uses that name internally all over the place to
point to the/a Smarty object; with the exception of using $marty to
point to your Smarty object :-)

> 
> Alternatively is there another way you can suggest to use a template
> function to read the data in a similar manner.

the function that maps to the load_ticker plugin name can pretty much do anything
it wants in terms of grabbing data (db connections, using constants, using a
application config source) - basically anything you care to imagine.

> 
> 
> Rob...
> Robert Hazeltine                      Phone:  +61(2) 9678-7621
> Senior Analyst/Programmer             Mobile: 0410311656
> University of Western Sydney          Email:  [email protected]
> 

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