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The {for}{forelse} tag is used to create simple loops. The following different formarts are supported:

{forelse} is executed when the loop is not iterated.

Attributes:

Attribute Name	Shorthand	Type	Required	Default	Description
max	n/a	integer	No	n/a	Limit the number of iterations

Option Flags:

Name	Description
nocache	Disables caching of the `{for}` loop

Example 7.27. A simple {for} loop


<ul>
{for $foo=1 to 3}
    <li>{$foo}</li>
{/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:


<ul>
    <li>1</li>
    <li>2</li>
    <li>3</li>
</ul>

Example 7.28. Using the max attribute


$smarty->assign('to',10);


<ul>
{for $foo=3 to $to max=3}
    <li>{$foo}</li>
{/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:


<ul>
    <li>3</li>
    <li>4</li>
    <li>5</li>
</ul>

Example 7.29. Excution of {forelse}


$smarty->assign('start',10);
$smarty->assign('to',5);


<ul>
{for $foo=$start to $to}
    <li>{$foo}</li>
{forelse}
  no iteration
{/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:


  no iteration

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