CODEWITHSUNDEEP
smarty
user648276
user648276

Reputation:

smarty template engine

I have an webpage written using php but now need to convert them to smarty template engine. I am rookie to smarty template engine.I find it difficult of smarty.net document.Is there any book or site from where i can learn smarty. I need a small snippet for insert function.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 598

Answers (1)

mhmpl
mhmpl

Reputation: 1043

I think the smarty.net documentation is the very best point to start using Smarty Template Engine.

Most tutorials are based on the documentation I think.

For a very quick start you just have to require the Smarty base class:

// Require base class
require_once('Smarty.class.php');

// create new Smarty instance
$smarty = new Smarty();

// define Smarty directories
$smarty->template_dir = '/web/www.example.com/guestbook/templates/';
$smarty->compile_dir  = '/web/www.example.com/guestbook/templates_c/';
$smarty->config_dir   = '/web/www.example.com/guestbook/configs/';
$smarty->cache_dir    = '/web/www.example.com/guestbook/cache/';

// define a template variable, which will be shown in your template
$smarty->assign('greeting', 'Hello World!');

// force your php script to show your template file
$smarty->display('template.html');

Thats everything you need in your PHP file.

In the default configuration of Smarty you can show your template variable greeting by using

My greeting message: {$greeting}

If you open your PHP File via a browser you will see: My greeting message: Hello World!

For further information you really should read the official Smarty documentation!

Upvotes: 1

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