smarty/NEWS

    - fixed Config_File class to allow empty config paths (defaults to current
      directory). (Andrei)

Version 1.4.2
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    - move $version to internal variable, remove from docs. (Monte)
    - cleaned up compiled templates global scope by moving some variables into
      the class itself. (Andrei)
    - fixed a bug that would not allow referring to a section in the including
      file from the included file. (Andrei)
    - configs directory missing from 1.4.1 release, added back in. (Monte)
    - added windows include_path setup instructions to FAQ & QUICKSTART.
      (Monte)

Version 1.4.1
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    - fix LOCK_EX logic for all windows platforms (Monte)
    - fixed indexing by section properties with the new syntax. (Andrei)
    - updated Smarty to use absolute paths when requiring/including Smarty
      components. (Andrei, John Lim)

Version 1.4.0
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    - added {capture}{/capture} function, documented (Monte)
    - added {counter} function, documented (Monte) 

Version 1.4.0b2
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    - fixed issue in Config_File.class with referencing blank sections (Andrei)
    - fixed problem with passing variables to included files (Andrei)
    - fixed resource path recognition for windows (Monte)

Version 1.4.0b1
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    - added "componentized templates" tip into documentation (Monte)
    - added {php}{/php} tags for embedding php code into templates (Monte)
    - changed default value of $show_info_header to false (Monte)
    - implemented '->' syntax for accessing properties of objects passed to the
      template. (Andrei)
    - allowed custom functions to receive Smarty object as the second
      parameter; this can be used to dynamically change template variables, for
      example. (Andrei)
    - added custom compiler functions support, register_compiler_function() and
      unregister_compiler_function() API functions. (Andrei, Ivo Jansch).
    - updated GLOBAL_ASSIGN to take SCRIPT_NAME from HTTP_SERVER_VARS
      instead of global variable. You can also assign several variables
      in one shot with an array. (Monte, Roman Neuhauser)
    - added template prefilters, register_prefilter() and
      unregister_prefilter() API functions. (Monte)
    - added RELEASE_NOTES file to distribution. (Monte)
    - moved CREDITS out of manual into its own file. (Monte)
    - added register_resource() and unregister_resource() API functions. (Monte)
    - changed the syntax of indexing template variables, thus supporting
      structures of arbitrary complexity; supplied fix_vars.php script to fix
      old syntax. (Andrei)
    - added $insert_tag_check to speed up cached pages if {insert ...} is not
      used. (Monte)
    - added $compiler_class variable to allow specifying a different compiler
      class. (Andrei)
    - changed Smarty to compile templates at runtime, allowing for arbitrary
      template resources. (Monte)
    - added fix for LOCK_EX under Windows and changed a couple of file
      permissions for security. (Monte, Fernando Nunes)
    - allow arbitrary date strings to date_format, html_select_date and
      html_select_time (Monte)

Version 1.3.2
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    - fixed a bug that caused some nested includes to loop infinitely. (Andrei)
    - added optional HTML header to output. (Monte)
    - significantly improved config_load performance. (Andrei)
    - added format attribute to math function. (Monte)
    - added html_select_time custom function. (Andrei)
    - fixed minor PHP warning when attempting to unset an unset variable
      (Monte)
    - added count_characters, count_words, count_sentences, count_paragraphs
      modifiers (Monte)

Version 1.3.1pl1
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    - bug fix, recovered missing _syntax_error function (Monte)

Version 1.3.1
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    - document first, last, index_prev, index_next (Monte)
    - added 'first' and 'last' section properties. (Andrei)
    - split out compiling code to separate class for faster template execution
      time (Monte)
    - fixed a couple of minor PHP warnings (Monte)
    - added and documented unregister_modifier() and unregister_function() API
      calls. (Monte)
    - added and documented 'fetch' and 'math' functions. (Monte)
    - added ability to index looped variables by section properties, e.g.
      $foo.index_prev/bar. (Andrei)
    - added index_prev and index_next section properties. (Andrei)
    - fixed issue with php executing in literal blocks. (Monte)

Version 1.3.0
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    - moved license from GPL to LGPL (Monte)
    - implemented workaround for PHP "feature" that eats carriage returns
      if the PHP tag is at the end of the line. (Andrei)
    - removed $allow_php, added $php_handling logic (Monte)
    - added file locking to prevent reader/writer problem. (Andrei)
    - made Smarty catch unimplemented modifiers and custom functions and output
      error messages during compilation instead of failing during run time.
      (Andrei)
    - removed short-tags at the top of the smarty scripts (Monte)
    - added register_function() and register_modifier() API calls to make
      registering stuff easier. (Andrei)
    - added template results caching capability. (Monte, Andrei)
    - added optional 'options' attribute to html_options custom function
      that allows passing associative arrays for values/output. (Andrei)
    - modifier arguments can now contain '|' and ':' characters inside quoted
      strings. (Andrei)

Version 1.2.2
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    - fixed bug that would not respect nested template directories and would
      put all compiled files into top-level one. (Andrei)
    - fixed bug using $PHP_VERSION instead of environment var PHP_VERSION.
      (Monte)
    - a couple small warning fixes. (Monte)

Version 1.2.1
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    - added $compile_dir, removed $compile_dir_ext, simplified usage. (Monte)
    - added tips & tricks chapter to documentation. (Monte)
    - misc documentation updates. (Monte)

Version 1.2.0
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    - updated documentation (Monte)
    - added file and line number information to syntax error messages. (Andrei)
    - added ability to index template vars by a key. (Andrei)

Version 1.1.0
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    - misc documentation changes, official stable release

Version 1.0b
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    - fixed the bug that prevented using non-array values for 'loop' attribute.
      (Andrei)
    - many misc documentation changes & additions (Monte)

Version 1.0a
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    - fixed bug that caused templates to recompile every time (Monte)

Version 1.0
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    - initial release