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hasinhayder · Smarty Rookie Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Hi All,
I designed this smarty cheat sheet for template designers. I will add more programming details in "Smarty cheat sheet for template programmers". But this version is quite ok for template designers. You will find almost every necessary items for designing the templates in one page.

Visit here for Smarty Cheat Sheet
http://hasin.wordpress.com/2006/04/27/smarty-cheat-sheet-for-template-designers/

However, if you feel anything missing or want to add something, feel free to reply this thread. Thanks

Hasin Hayder

t-rob · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

Nice one, thanks!

TGKnIght · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject:

Awesome! This is perfect for my template designers Smile

Thanks alot!
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boots · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Hi and thanks for this!

Nice work and a good start. I do like the design and format but there are several problems IMHO with the content, especially if being used by newbies which it seems to be geared for. If you don't mind a few constructive criticisms...

- Maybe have a separate sheet for programmers/designers?
- People tend to ask a lot about things like the $smarty.section.foo.iteration (etc) vars
- maybe highlight a few special features (like multiple columns using {html_table}
- show use of double quoting syntax (and when NOT to use quotes at all!)
- show use of PHP functions as modifiers and in if statements
- how to set security mode settings
- how to use multiple caches per page
- how to remove cached pages
- maybe mention {debug} etc

Things that are misleading or incorrect:
- your general example for modifiers: spaces are not permitted between parts of modifier expressions (I know -- they should be but aren't!)
- templates_c DOES NOT REQUIRE 0777 access. In fact, those permissions are not recommended!
- I would rather not see the section on including {php} blocks in-templates. It is a deprecated feature and the general recommendation is to avoid using.

I see other things that can be reworked or added/removed but maybe that is just me being too picky Smile

I hope you accept these comments with the good intentions I mean for them Smile

Best regards!

hasinhayder · Smarty Rookie Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Hi Boots
Many thanks for the comments and ideas. Sure I am gonna add them. But I have a confusion, do you really want to remove {php}{/php} block? I have found so many questions here regarding executing php inside templates.

But I agree, that is a bad practise.

Thanks again.

Hasin Hayder

TGKnIght · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

Perhaps as a reference in the {php} block section, make note that it is deprecated and indicate to the template designer that they should have the PHP programmer create a custom plugin for them?
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Hielke Hoeve · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

Adding the {php}{/php} block imo means you don't like Smarty and might be better off without Smarty. Partly because you will still create dirty code and aren't keeping the 2 logics separated. Rolling Eyes

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boots · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject:

devjam · Smarty Rookie Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 11

First of all thank you a lot for this Sheet!

could you please add ...

1. {sectionelse}
2. {foreachelse}

hasinhayder · Smarty Rookie Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Hi Boots
Thanks for your comments. I am working on the new cheat sheet as suggested by all you guys and I am also making a cheat sheet for smarty programmers.

I will also add {foreachelse} and {sectionelse}

Regards
Hasin Hayder
http://packtpub.com/smarty/book Very Happy

jackie_patil · Smarty n00b Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 4

I really like the theme

TC! · Smarty n00b Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 2

I noticed a couple of small errors on the PDF version.

In the associative array section there are dollar signs missing from two of the student examples:
{student.name}
{student.roll}
{$student.age}

In the example for passing associated array, the array you define is $student but the name you use to assign it to smarty is $std:
$student=array(”name”=>”shumi”);
$smarty->assign(”student”,$std);

A big thanks for the part on objects, I didn't know you could do that!
Is your book released now in the UK?