Re: [SMARTY] example not working...

Will look into this and correct as soon as possible.

Pete

Michael Kolakowski wrote:
> Thanks for the help, Ken.  However, I now have a couple new questions.
> 
> First:  There is a th_attr attribute listed for html_table (link 
> below).  I cannot get it to work.  I tried using a string and assigning 
> an array in the php file to be passed to the template.  Neither worked.
> 
> Second:  I also tried, on a whim, to use the caption attribute.  It 
> seems fairly simple, but again, it does not work.  My line looks like this:
> 
> {html_table loop=$tableData cols=2 caption="hello" 
> table_attr='border="2"' tr_attr=$colors}
> 
> For what it's worth, I am getting a bit frustrated with html_table as 
> things do not seem to be working as advertised.  I would either 
> appreciate corrections to the documentation or more examples showing how 
> things work - e.g. and example using *all* the attributes for whatever 
> function it is.
> 
> Note: I am aware this is open source and many work very hard and 
> volunteer.  I fully respect that.  I am not trying to be mean, just 
> trying to give some feedback from a new user's point of view.  That is 
> important if you want people to adopt your product.  By the way - I do 
> like Smarty so far...very cool indeed.
> 
> Thank you much,
> Michael Kolakowski
> 
> 
> 
> Ken Snyder wrote:
>> It appears that the documentation is incorrect.  Using version 2.6.14, 
>> the cols parameter is only used as an integer.  It has no 
>> functionality to pass in column names or do <th> at all.  You might 
>> try a custom plugin from one of the plugin repositories.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> From plugins/function.html_table.php
>>
>>    $loop_count = count($loop);
>>    if (empty($params['rows'])) {
>>        /* no rows specified */
>>        $rows = ceil($loop_count/$cols);
>>    } elseif (empty($params['cols'])) {
>>        if (!empty($params['rows'])) {
>>            /* no cols specified, but rows */
>>            $cols = ceil($loop_count/$rows);
>>        }
>>    }
>>
>> Michael Kolakowski wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I cannot seem to get the third table in this example to work:
>>>
>>> http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.html.table.php
>>>
>>> I am using the latest smarty and php5 on a Mac.  The problem is the 
>>> cols attribute.  I typed it in exactly like the example and I get a 
>>> divide by zero error.  I also tried declaring an array, with the col 
>>> names, in my php file.  Then I tired using the array as such in my 
>>> template file:
>>>
>>> {html_table loop=$tableData cols=$colNames tr_attr=$colors}
>>>
>>> At which point the table finally showed up, BUT there was only one 
>>> column...and none of the column names were there.  The alternating 
>>> colors worked, however.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michael Kolakowski
>>>
>>
>>