smarty/docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-literal.xml

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<sect1 id="language.function.literal">
 <title>{literal}</title>
 <para>
  <varname>{literal}</varname> tags allow a block of data to be taken literally. This is typically
  used around Javascript or stylesheet blocks where {curly braces} would
  interfere with the template
  <link linkend="variable.left.delimiter">delimiter</link>
  syntax. Anything within
  <varname>{literal}{/literal}</varname> tags is not interpreted, but displayed as-is.
  If you  need template tags embedded in a <varname>{literal}</varname> block, consider using
  <link linkend="language.function.ldelim"><varname>{ldelim}{rdelim}</varname></link> to escape the
  individual delimiters instead.
 </para>

 <example>
  <title>{literal} tags</title>
  <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
  function isblank(field) {
    if (field.value == '')
      { return false; }
    else
      {
      document.loginform.submit();
      return true;
    }
  }
// -->
</script>
{/literal}
]]>
  </programlisting>
 </example>

 <example>
   <title>Javascript function example</title>
   <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
{literal}
function myJsFunction(name, ip){
   alert("The server name\n" + name + "\n" + ip);
}
{/literal}
</script>
<a href="javascript:myJsFunction('{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}','{$smarty.server.SERVER_ADDR}')">Click here for the Server Info</a>
 ]]>
   </programlisting>
 </example>

 <example>
  <title>Some css style in a template</title>
  <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{* included this style .. as an experiment *}
<style type="text/css">
{literal}
/* this is an intersting idea for this section */
.madIdea{
    border: 3px outset #ffffff;
    margin: 2 3 4 5px;
    background-color: #001122;
}
{/literal}
</style>
<div class="madIdea">With smarty you can embed CSS in the template</div>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>

 <para>
  See also
  <link linkend="language.function.ldelim"><varname>{ldelim} {rdelim}</varname></link>
  and the
  <link linkend="language.escaping">escaping Smarty parsing</link> page.
 </para>
</sect1>

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