Greetings, Ashley Sheridan.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, September 5, 2022, 14:05:09,
> On 05/09/2022 08:55, gordonisnz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> 1) Does anyone know of a good PHP Smarty forum? There was one, but
>> they took it off & went to Reddit - Gone downhill since then (very few
>> people transferred)
>>
>> or can i ask my smarty questions here? (not many folks may use smarty ??)
>>
>> 2) Question:-
>>
>> I know how to assign values within a template:
>>
>> {if !isset($HIDEMAINMENU)}{assign var="HIDEMAINMENU" value="0"}{/if}
>>
>> however, does anyone know the correct way of assigning (or retrieving)
>> sub-arrays?
>>
>> (PHP) $myarray["animals"]["movies"]["settings"]["trees"] = 5;
>>
>> How do I set it to do the same thing with smarty:- the only examples
>> i can see, assign NEW arrays (not assigning new keys/values to an
>> existing array)
>>
>> Or
>>
>> How to assign a sub-array value to a $temp variable (not an array)
>>
>> When I try the obvious things - i get all sorts of errors
>>
>> --
>>
>> Gordon.
> From looking at the docs, it would seem you can use any valid PHP within
> the templates using {php}...{/php} :
> https://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/language.function.php.tpl
Why are you linking to v2 docs?
{php}{/php} tags were deprecated for over a decade.
> This means you could set what you wish and use those variables within the
> Smarty templates using the normal Smarty syntax if you wish (as it all translates into PHP commands anyway)
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Sincerely Yours, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@xxxxxxxxx>
