Smarty

[TommyD]

Hey there!

Using Smarty 2.6.1 with PHP 4.3.4

The var_dump of my array I like to handle with Smarty looks like the following:

[boots]

Section does not behave exactly as a PHP for-loop and indexed values work not entirely as you are expecting. AFAIK, the following is true:

- sections are intended to step through "regular" indexed arrays -- there is limited support for using sections as generic for (counter) loops, but at best, that is a secondary consideration.

- section loops always start at 0 and are never negative

- you can access a negative index from an array, but only indirectly, eg: {assign var=temp value=-1} {$test[$temp]} would work while {$test[-1]} fails. Using dot notation is similar: {$test.$temp} works while {$test.-1} fails. Note that for zero and positive values, all methods should work equally well.

While negative indexes are sometimes (though rarely) used on db's to maximize key coverage, from my POV it is somewhat peculiar to see those values being passed on and persisting into other layers.

[TommyD]

Thanks for your answer... everything you've stated is true. I'm now returning positive values from db and it works.
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