diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/SectionPropertiesShortSyntaxIssue428Test.php b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/SectionPropertiesShortSyntaxIssue428Test.php
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+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/SectionPropertiesShortSyntaxIssue428Test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty PHPunit tests compiler errors
+ *
+ * @package PHPunit
+ * @author  Uwe Tews
+ */
+
+/**
+ * class for compiler tests
+ *
+ * @runTestsInSeparateProcess
+ * @preserveGlobalState    disabled
+ * @backupStaticAttributes enabled
+ *
+ * Short syntax of  section properties did not work
+ */
+class SectionPropertiesShortSyntaxIssue428Test extends PHPUnit_Smarty
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->setUpSmarty(dirname(__FILE__));
+    }
+
+    public function testInit()
+    {
+        $this->cleanDirs();
+    }
+
+    public function testSection_001()
+    {
+        $this->smarty->assign('foo', array('a', 'b', 'c'));
+        $this->assertEquals('abc', $this->smarty->fetch('001_section.tpl'));
+    }
+    public function testSection_002()
+    {
+        $this->smarty->assign('foo', array('a', 'b', 'c'));
+        $this->assertEquals('abc', $this->smarty->fetch('002_section.tpl'));
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/cache/dummy.txt b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/cache/dummy.txt
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+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/cache/dummy.txt
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+dummy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/001_section.tpl b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/001_section.tpl
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+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/001_section.tpl
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+{section name=bar loop=$foo}{$foo[bar.index]}{sectionelse} else {/section}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/002_section.tpl b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/002_section.tpl
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index 00000000..4a49fc9e
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+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates/002_section.tpl
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+{section name=bar loop=$foo}{$foo[bar]}{sectionelse} else {/section}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates_c/dummy.txt b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates_c/dummy.txt
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+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/428/templates_c/dummy.txt
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+dummy
\ No newline at end of file