Smarty

I was sick of doing:

{{if $myvar > 5}}
{{assign var=somevar value=someval}}
{{else}}
{{assign var=somevar value=someo ...

I needed a way to create arrays from within the template, or assign a value to an array element so I created the assignel function.

Usage: {{assignel var=myarray key=1 value='myvalue'}}

If the s ...

On the contary, the reason why you are doing something gives the best indication on the methods that one should employ to effect the solution.

Thus, the reason I asked the question was to get more ...

umm, why?

The more you think about this an organise it to begin with, the easier it will be down the track. I generally would do it in a manner very similar to what you suggested.

Assume you root dir is /var ...

worked like a charm, thanks!

You could always pass the action from PHP to the template...

PHP:

$smarty->assign('action', 'action.php?function=process');

and then in the template:

<form action="{ ...

Simply turn on debugging:

http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/chapter.debugging.console.php

Basically I want to do something like this:
(I know it's kinda fubar but it's difficult to express)

{{if cms->num_upcoming_galleries niche='candy' > 0}}
do something
&# ...