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JMM · Smarty n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 4

I just started using Smarty today and apparently the delimiters can be changed by setting the left_delimiter / right_delimiter values for a template object or by changing the values in Smarty.class.php. Is that correct, that those are the ways it can be changed.

datamile · Smarty Rookie Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 13

Yes it can be changed like that. Just set them before referring to a template

$smarty=new smarty ;
$smarty->left_delimiter='{--'

etc

JMM · Smarty n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 4

Yeah, thanks. I know it can be done that way, what I was really wondering is if those are the only two ways it can be done?

sweatje · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:24 pm Post subject:

I don't know if you consider this a "third" way, but if you often want to redefine the delims, and you also do not want to change the Smarty source, you can:

boots · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject:

Is there a necessary way to change delims that is missing?

JMM · Smarty n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 4

Well, the default delimiter is obviously pretty useless for anyone who is using Smarty to generate HTML documents, considering that they often contain CSS or JavaScript.

I don't think it's a very good idea to have to assign different delimiters for every template object. Besides being a hassle, it undermines the idea of having a clearly defined, consistent syntax. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that you can assign delimiters on a per template basis, but I don't think you should have to do it every time.

Jason's idea is good. I don't think anyone would disagree that it's not a good idea to change the Smarty source to do this. I hadn't thought of that idea, and it wouldn't be a bad way to do it, but what I had actually been thinking is, wouldn't it be good to have two constants for this purpose? SMARTY_LEFT_DELIMITER and SMARTY_RIGHT_DELIMITER. Then you could create a file like this:

sweatje · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject:

I think the reason this does not come up very often is that people tend towards the "extended class" solution after using Smarty for a while, particularly on multiple projects. It helps for other reasons, like setting up default filters you like, custom delimiters, etc. In my setup, I also include an optional parameter to the constructor to establish some default cache settings.

HTH
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boots · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject:

Actually, it does come up a lot, mainly because people do want to switch delimiters every so often.

For more information:
http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-forum/viewtopic.php?t=150

JMM · Smarty n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 4

Well you have more extensive experience with it than I do. I'm going to use that approach. If it was just the delimiters, the constants would seem like a more appealing solution to me, but given the actual situation -- that there are no such constants, and taking into account the other advantages that you mentioned (that I haven't even considered yet), your solution is better than either of the things that immediately came to my mind.

I think that would be an excellent piece of information for the FAQ.

Thanks Jason.

bvr · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 6:02 pm Post subject:

Is there a way to define two sets of delimiters? The reason I ask is b/c I use  which works great with DreamweaverMX in view mode b/c it doesn't show up, and makes it simpe of the designers to work in that view, but if I try to do something like:

<input name="active" type="checkbox" id="active" >

Things start to get ugly in the visual mode.

I know it's picky, but it'd be nice if I could use a second delimited like [[ $checked ]] for cases like this.

Alex De Winne

sweatje · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject:

I think you could write a prefilter to accomplish that.
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mysticav · Smarty Rookie Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

mohrt · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: