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Nested sections and associative arrays can't be combined

 
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edwin
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 12:28 pm    Post subject: Nested sections and associative arrays can't be combined Reply with quote

Sections can be nested and sections can use associative arrays, but it is not possible to nest a section in which the outer section uses an associative array.

Example nested section, which doesn't work:
(I want to use $clientArray[client].clientnr as the index for the inner section)

Code:

{section name=client loop=$clientArray}
    Clientname: {$clientArray[client].clientname}<br>
    Clientnumber: {$clientArray[client].clientnr}<br>
    Orders:<br>
    {section name=order loop=$orderArray[$clientArray[client].clientnr]}
        $orderArray[$clientArray[client].clientnr][order].ordernr<br>
    {/section}
{/section}


I tried all kinds of variations, to no avail.

The only solution is to make another array in PHP and use that as the outer section, but that:

1) is clumsy
2) breaks the coder-designer independancy

I suggest improving the loop attribute.
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messju
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe sth. like this:
Code:

{section name=client loop=$clientArray}
     Clientname: {$clientArray[client].clientname}<br>
     Clientnumber: {$clientArray[client].clientnr}<br>
     Orders:<br>
     {assign var=clientnr value=$clientArray[client].clientnr}
     {section name=order loop=$orderArray.$clientnr}
         {$orderArray.$clientnr[order].ordernr}<br>
     {/section}
{/section}


works for you.
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boots
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I find that Smarty's decoding of keys (especially via [] ) is not suitable for complicated expressions. Perhaps for a good reason; expressions like:
Code:
$orderArray[$clientArray[client].clientnr][order].ordernr

aren't as, let us say, transparent, as one would hope to see in a template.

You should probably consider using foreach as the outer loop since foreach can explicity handle associative arrays and furthermore, provides handy user named variables for loop iterations.
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