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[powerobject]

Since I don't want to use PHP inside templates, is there an equivalent for isset() to see if the variable is passed or set? Eg:

{include file='file.tpl' var='value'}

In some cases, I may have to just do:

{include file='file.tpl'}


Inside file.tpl, how do I determine if $var was passed in?

thanks,

[t-rob]

{if $var}{include file='file.tpl'} {/if}

[powerobject]

Oops! I meant including another template and 'optionally' passing a variable into the included template to differ its behavior. Eg:

main.tpl:
----------
situation 1: {include file='file.tpl' var='value'}
situation 2: {include file='file.tpl'}


As per your reply, the following equivalent to isset() inside file.tpl:

file.tpl:
--------
{if $var}
do stuff...
{/if}

But doing {if $var} inside file.tpl is not being equivalent to isset($var) !! When I code two lines including the file.tpl differently as above, I get an error in situation 2 stating:

Undefined index: var

So, how do I determine if a variable is passed and set using the templating language and without using PHP? Any thoughts?

[TGKnIght]

{if isset($var)}{/if}

or just output it and default it

{$var|default:"My Default Value"}
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[powerobject]

Is using isset() not equivalent to invoking PHP from within a template? I cannot use PHP inside the template because of some corporate guidelines.

There seems to be no equivalent of isset() in Smarty language other than by using the default modifier to get a default value. But the isset() function does not have a default value argument.

On the other hand, I notice that <td>'s inserted in the included templates are messing my layout (inserting a new column in addition to the existing columns and thereby moving the existing columns to the right):

main.tpl
---------
situation 1: {include file='test.tpl' colspan=3}
situation 2: {include file='test.tpl}

test.tpl
--------
{if $colspan|default:0 > 0} {*situation 1*}
<td colspan="$colspan"}
{/if}

do stuff...

{if $colspan|default:0 > 0}
</td>
{/if}


In situation 1 above, the layout is not the same as if I have to just put the <td>'s inside the main.tpl. And I don't know why.


Thanks, anyway.

[TGKnIght]

AFAIK even with security enabled you are still able to use certain PHP functions in your if statements..

Take a look at mohrt's response in this post

http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-forum/viewtopic.php?t=7207&highlight=
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