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return value for {function} or define global variables

 
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lauff
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:54 am    Post subject: return value for {function} or define global variables Reply with quote

Hi,

I would need values calclulated by a {function}.

Do you support return values?

As an alternative, it would be also good enough to define a global variable within the {function}.

Thanks for the great work,
Markus
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mohrt
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

{function} return value is echoed to the page. You can implement an assign param:

{function ... assign="foo"}

See other plugins for examples.
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U.Tews
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use the $smarty->assign(....); inside the plugin function to assign the result to a Smarty variable instead of returning it.
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andrewFountain
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:21 am    Post subject: For future me Reply with quote

You can surround a function call with a capture to assign the output of the function to a variable in your template scope.

Code:

{function generateText}
  function text
{/function}

{capture getText assign=text}
  {generateText}
{/capture}

{$text}


If the output is needed for comparison the code blocks should have white space removed using {strip} tags or having no new lines in either the function or capture block

Code:

{function generateText}function text{/function}

{capture getText assign=text}{generateText}{/capture}

{$text}
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U.Tews
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Template functions can return values by assigning variables in parent scope

Code:
{function somefunction}
......
  {assign $retvalue = $foo scope=parent}
  {assign $otherretvalue = $bar scope=parent}

{/function}


Code:
{call somefunction}
{$retvalue}
{$otherretvalue}
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