Smarty

[ahalliday]

I am using XCart which is made in Smarty and i am doing some custom design work for my client. On one of the pages there is a variable in the HTTP string that i need to work with.
When is put $productid into my php block it does not seem to find it. I can't use the {product.productid} code either because that gives me an output of Product.Array. I am extremely confused and would appreciate any help. I need to put that variable into a mysql query.

Thanks so much in advance.
Alex

[AZTEK]

Perhaps you mean {$smarty.get.productid} if its sent via a get request
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[ahalliday]

[boots]

Do you mean from a {php} ... {/php} block? If so, I'm not sure, but I don't think it is available there.

BUT, ye good old PHP superglobals area vailabe within {php} blocks, so you can use $_REQUEST['productid'] for example.

[ahalliday]

I managed to fix it by redifining it from $product.id to $productid and it works, i think the . in there confuses php.
Thanks though!
Alex

[BloodRath]

i'm not sure this is the same problem
but i sometime need to affect to a formfield a default value gained trough a typical mysql query (we said here i'll affect it to $row)

i could'nt use assign("var",$row); and use $row.id_user (by example) cause $row is evalued before the right part [smarty send to me Array.id_user], so i use this method :
calling it in template by $.row.id_user , i rewrite the funcion formfield, to regexp the params and reconstruct a good reference to my assigned var in the _tpl_var.

it seems to work perfectly

espair it could help u
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[AZTEK]

Just use