[SMARTY] looping over an array of objects

I'm setting up propel (http://propel.phpdb.org/), which is an 
object-relational mapper, like DB_Object.  So, database queries return 
objects, many of which need to be passed to a smarty template for 
display.  I could manually move each relevant property into an array 
($ary[$i]['id'] = $aryOfObj[$i]->getId()), but ... I really don't want 
to have to do that.

The smarty documentation implies that an array of objects can be looped 
over, if the array is assign()'d or assign_by_ref()'d.  This doesn't 
seem to be working for me.  Can someone confirm that this works?

If this doesn't work, I'm thinking of writing/using code that uses 
reflection to automatically call property getters to create the 
smarty-required multi-dimensional arrays, any suggestions?

Much Thanks,

Isaac Vetter


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Smarty allows access to PHP objects through the templates. There are two 
ways to access them. One way is to register objects 
<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/api.register.object.php> to the 
template, then use access them via syntax similar to custom functions. 
The other way is to assign objects 
<http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/api.assign.php> to the templates and 
access them much like any other assigned variable. The first method has 
a much nicer template syntax. It is also more secure, as a registered 
object can be restricted to certain methods or properties. However, *a 
registered object cannot be looped over or assigned in arrays of 
objects*, etc. The method you choose will be determined by your needs, 
but use the first method whenever possible to keep template syntax to a 
minimum.

http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/advanced.features.php#advanced.features.objects

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