Mike Inman

Smarty Templates What is a template? Why is it useful?

What is a template?

Why is it useful?

The Basics $smarty->assign(‘var’,’Hello World’) is $var = ‘Hello World’; {$var} is echo $var; Basic Example

$smarty->assign(‘var’,’Hello World’) is $var = ‘Hello World’;

{$var} is echo $var;

Basic Example

Logic in Smarty {if},{elseif},{else} {section} {foreach} {php}? Logic Form Example

{if},{elseif},{else}

{section}

{foreach}

{php}?

Logic Form Example

Playing with variables {$var|capitalize:true} {$var|upper} {$var|strip_tags:true} or{$var|strip_tags:false} {$var|spacify}, {$var|spacify:”^^”} Variable Examples

{$var|capitalize:true}

{$var|upper}

{$var|strip_tags:true} or{$var|strip_tags:false}

{$var|spacify}, {$var|spacify:”^^”}

Variable Examples

Adding a function Plugins {include} Modifiers Eightball

Plugins

{include}

Modifiers

Eightball

Going beyond the template Compilation Caching

Compilation

Caching

PHP Compilation? Not binary compilation Templates parsing Not manual

Not binary compilation

Templates parsing

Not manual

Caching How is this useful? How is this not? $caching $caching_lifetime

How is this useful?

How is this not?

$caching

$caching_lifetime

Resources http://www.smarty.net/ http://www.sitepoint.com/article/smarty-php-template-engine/ http://www.php-editors.com/smarty_manual/what.is.smarty.html http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=SmartyFrequentlyAskedQuestions http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/ http://www.php-editors.com/smarty_manual/plugins.functions.html

http://www.smarty.net/

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/smarty-php-template-engine/

http://www.php-editors.com/smarty_manual/what.is.smarty.html

http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=SmartyFrequentlyAskedQuestions

http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/

http://www.php-editors.com/smarty_manual/plugins.functions.html