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marvin
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Joined: 12 May 2003
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 Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: selecting variable to print based on content |
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Hi,
I'm wondering if somebody can help me implement the following in smarty:
I have two variables $A and $B. Now I want smarty to output the variable $A if $B is *not* set and $B if $B *is* set. Here is some code to illustrate this:
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// notice the use of isset() instead of empty() !
if( isset($B) ) { // return $B even if set but empty (e.g. "")
return $B;
} else {
return $A;
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I guess the thing coming closest would be {$A|default:$B} however this will not work like the code above if $B is merely empty. $B should be selected even if it is empty (but set, like "" for example). |
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messju
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Joined: 16 Apr 2003
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Location: Oldenburg, Germany
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | {if isset($B)}$B{else}{$A}{/if} |
or write your own default-like |if_isset-modifier, that checks for isset() (or is_null()) instead of checking for empty() as smarty's |default does. |
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marvin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:00 am Post subject: |
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I'm really aiming to write a modifier since I want to use this in a form like this:
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<input type="text" value="sysname" value="{$SYSTEM.name|if_isset:"sysname"}">
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The idea is that if the user makes a mistake when filling out the form I simply redisplay the form. If the user hasn't edited the field at all then I want to use $SYSTEM.name but if he has then I want to pull that value from the smarty variable $ARGS.sysname instead. $ARGS has been initialized with the contents of $_REQUEST (this is a form of abstraction since you should be able to call this code outside of a web context, i.e. in a shell script).
The problem with a syntax like {$A|if_isset:$B} is that $B will get assigned to the first parameter in the modifier even if it isn't set so I cannot check the first parameter in the modifier anymore since it will always be set.
I guess what I'm really asking for is a way to access smarty variables from within a modifier since modifiers don't get provided with access to the smarty object like functions (through &$smarty). That way I could call an isset() directly on the variable stored in smarty. |
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messju
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Location: Oldenburg, Germany
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| marvin wrote: | | I guess what I'm really asking for is a way to access smarty variables from within a modifier since modifiers don't get provided with access to the smarty object like functions (through &$smarty). That way I could call an isset() directly on the variable stored in smarty. |
you don't need that in you modifier. just check for isset() or is_null().
if $B is not assigned and passed to the modifier then it is null inside the modifier.
php has problems to distinguish between variables defined as null and undefined variables. but that is not problem for you here. you can distinguish "" and null inside your modifier. that's all you need. |
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marvin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hm, I tried that before my last reply and it didn't work but after trying again it does. Must have been a typo.
Thanks for the help. This makes my form handling a lot easier. |
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