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  • Brian
    #1

    Smarty Template Array Question.

    I have an application that uses an array of values as a "lookup" table and
    smarty as a template engine.

    $lookup['stuff']['a'] = "label";
    $lookup['stuff']['b'] = "label2";
    $lookup['other']['a'] = "label";
    $lookup['other']['b'] = "label2";

    In my application I can easily use this array to find the values I need.

    $data[ $lookup['other']['b'] ];

    I want to assign my lookup value to the template, and have smarty perform
    the matching, but for the life of me I can't get a smarty variable to modify
    itself.

    {$data.$lookup. other.b} doesn't work
    {$data.$lookup[other][b]} also doesn't work.

    I'd also like to use these in functions like

    {html_checkboxe s name="id" options=$data.$ lookup.other.b
    selected=$data. selected }

    I've searched smarty forums, but looking for an instance of "array" in the
    forums it too general, and I can't find anything that points to how to do
    this.

    Any help is appreciated.




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    • Daniel Tryba
      #2
      Re: Smarty Template Array Question.

      Brian <ewvea3dgc700 1 .@. sneakemail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
      > $lookup['stuff']['a'] = "label";
      > $lookup['stuff']['b'] = "label2";
      > $lookup['other']['a'] = "label";
      > $lookup['other']['b'] = "label2";
      >
      > I want to assign my lookup value to the template, and have smarty perform
      > the matching, but for the life of me I can't get a smarty variable to modify
      > itself.
      >
      > {$data.$lookup. other.b} doesn't work[/color]

      AFAIK it's not possible, it's ambiguous. You'll have to assign
      $lookup.other.b to a variable in the template.

      BTW IMHO it's bad practice to do these kind of "complicate d" things in a
      template, you should do these things in php before handling a variable
      to smarty, in smarty you shouldn't have to do more than foreach the data
      and print it.

      --

      Daniel Tryba

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        • Brian
          #3
          Re: Smarty Template Array Question.

          In the event that someone searches for this and gets the same response I
          got, here is the solution I came up with.

          {assign var=temp value=$item.met alabel}
          {$labels.data.$ temp}

          While a bit "wordy", it works.


          "Brian" <ewvea3dgc700 1 .@. sneakemail.com> wrote in message
          news:XUOmc.4530 9$0H1.4262959@a ttbi_s54...[color=blue]
          > I have an application that uses an array of values as a "lookup" table and
          > smarty as a template engine.
          >
          > $lookup['stuff']['a'] = "label";
          > $lookup['stuff']['b'] = "label2";
          > $lookup['other']['a'] = "label";
          > $lookup['other']['b'] = "label2";
          >
          > In my application I can easily use this array to find the values I need.
          >
          > $data[ $lookup['other']['b'] ];
          >
          > I want to assign my lookup value to the template, and have smarty perform
          > the matching, but for the life of me I can't get a smarty variable to[/color]
          modify[color=blue]
          > itself.
          >
          > {$data.$lookup. other.b} doesn't work
          > {$data.$lookup[other][b]} also doesn't work.
          >
          > I'd also like to use these in functions like
          >
          > {html_checkboxe s name="id" options=$data.$ lookup.other.b
          > selected=$data. selected }
          >
          > I've searched smarty forums, but looking for an instance of "array" in the
          > forums it too general, and I can't find anything that points to how to do
          > this.
          >
          > Any help is appreciated.
          >
          >
          >
          >[/color]


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