Smarty

[darksinclair]

Greetings,

Essentially, what I want to do is this:
in parent.tpl:
{foreach item=current from=$contacts}
{if (a)}
{include file="child_a.tpl"}
{include file="child_b.tpl"}
{else}
{include file="child_b.tpl"}
{include file="child_a.tpl"}
{/if}
{/foreach}

in child_a.tpl
{$current.AName}

in child_b.tpl
{$current.BName}

But, I am finding that I cannot access the parent value $current from the 'child' templates child_a.tpl and child_b.tpl... is this a security feature of Smarty to have localized variables? Is there a way to extend the parent variable $current to the child?

P.S. If I substitute the actual code in child_a and child_b into parent.tpl then everything works fine.. but as I may call child_a and child_b a couple dozen times depending on configurations... I'd rather have these two componentized sub-templates which can access the parents values.

Thanks in advance!

[messju]

[robothero]