Smarty

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What am I missing here?

This is in a generic include file for the PHP code:

[boots]

In PHP, if you want to access a global variable from a function, you must import it into the function's scope using:

global $exampleVariable;

HTH

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Thanks!

Now the followup, using the example above, does $this->assign('test', $exampleVariable); get evaluated and locked in at the time $x = new mySmarty(); is called? Or will the value of the global $exampleVariable be used at the time it is referenced in the template?

$exampleVariable = "apple";

$x = new mySmarty();

$exampleVariable = "banana";

x->display('template.tpl');

what prints for {$test}

??

[boots]

These aren't particularly Smarty related questions, but....the way it is written, "apple" would get printed. You should be able to test that for yourself rather quickly--faster than you can even ask, I would think When you call your Smarty constructor and test gets assigned, the value of $exampleValue is copied into test, so changing $exampleValue later has no effect on test. On-the-other-hand, if you used assign_by_ref() instead of assign, then "banana" would have got printed.

Never-the-less, IMO, you should really, really try to avoid using global variables, particularly in this way.

Cheers!

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