smarty/docs/en/programmers/api-functions/api-assign.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision$ -->
<refentry id="api.assign">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>assign()</refname>
  <refpurpose>assign values to the templates</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>void</type><methodname>assign</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>var</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>void</type><methodname>assign</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>varname</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>var</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   You can  explicitly pass name/value pairs, or associative arrays
   containing the name/value pairs.
  </para>
  <example>
   <title>assign()</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// passing name/value pairs
$smarty->assign('Name', 'Fred');
$smarty->assign('Address', $address);

// passing an associative array
$smarty->assign(array('city' => 'Lincoln', 'state' => 'Nebraska'));

// passing a row from a database (eg adodb)
$sql = 'select id, name, email from contacts where contact ='.$id;
$smarty->assign('contact', $db->getRow($sql));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
   <para>
   Access these in the template with
   </para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{* note the vars are case sensitive like php *}
{$Name}
{$Address}
{$city}
{$state}

{$contact.id}, {$contact.name},{$contact.email}
]]>
</programlisting>
  </example>
  <para>
  For more complex array assignments see
  <link linkend="language.function.foreach">{foreach}</link>
  and
  <link linkend="language.function.section">{section}</link>
  </para>

  <para>
 See also <link linkend="api.assign.by.ref">assign_by_ref()</link>,
 <link linkend="api.get.template.vars">get_template_vars()</link>,
 <link linkend="api.clear.assign">clear_assign()</link>,
 <link linkend="api.append">append()</link>
 and
 <link linkend="language.function.assign">{assign}</link>
 </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:t
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
indent-tabs-mode:nil
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:nil
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
vi: ts=1 sw=1
-->