Get Smart Use Smarty Michael Bourque Boston PHP May 6, 2009

What I hope to cover Why Smarty? Installation Smarty syntax overview Some examples and demos L10n & I18n (AKA Localization) Cool effects to add to your web app Q & A

Why Smarty?

Installation

Smarty syntax overview

Some examples and demos

L10n & I18n (AKA Localization)

Cool effects to add to your web app

Q & A

What’s so smart about smarty? Separate view from business logic If your not already using an MVC framework Designers cant break the business code Easy to read / Easy to use Useful built in functions and modifiers Optional content caching Configuration files

Separate view from business logic

If your not already using an MVC framework

Designers cant break the business code

Easy to read / Easy to use

Useful built in functions and modifiers

Optional content caching

Configuration files

What’s not smart about smarty? What critics say… Performance Nothing is faster than PHP Security Claim No extra security Better templating solutions Debugging is better with Firebug / FirePHP etc…

What critics say…

Performance

Nothing is faster than PHP

Security Claim

No extra security

Better templating solutions

Debugging is better with Firebug / FirePHP

etc…

Have you ever done this?

Have you ever had to work on this?

MVC Model View Controller

Model

View

Controller

Controller Controller View View Model

Easier to maintain this!

Controller View Model Business Logic Data layer Flow control Presentation

Get Smart : Installation Download it from smarty.net, Subversion, or Pear: pear channel-discover pear-smarty.googlecode.com/svn pear install smarty/smarty Create cache and template folders cache templates_c Include it include('Smarty.class.php'); $smarty = new Smarty;

Download it from smarty.net, Subversion, or Pear:

pear channel-discover pear-smarty.googlecode.com/svn

pear install smarty/smarty

Create cache and template folders

cache

templates_c

Include it

include('Smarty.class.php');

$smarty = new Smarty;

Get Smart : Usage Basic syntax

Basic syntax

Get Smart : Examples Comments {* this is a comment *} Variables {$variable}, {$array[4]}, {$array.key.key}, $object->property} Functions {config_load file=}, {include file=}, {if}{else}{/if}, {foreach} Modifiers {$date|date_format}, {$title|truncate:40:'...'} $smarty {$smarty.get.page}, {$smarty.cookies.username}, {$smarty.request.username}

Comments

{* this is a comment *}

Variables

{$variable}, {$array[4]}, {$array.key.key}, $object->property}

Functions

{config_load file=}, {include file=}, {if}{else}{/if}, {foreach}

Modifiers

{$date|date_format}, {$title|truncate:40:'...'}

$smarty

{$smarty.get.page}, {$smarty.cookies.username}, {$smarty.request.username}

Get Smart : Tips Loops Config Files Sending emails Escaping Caching Debugging

Loops

Config Files

Sending emails

Escaping

Caching

Debugging

Get Smart : Demo Get Smarty Demo Language files Sending emails Progressive Enhancement jQuery

Get Smarty Demo

Language files

Sending emails

Progressive Enhancement

jQuery

Q/A

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