Moved description to top of page and some tweaks

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-capture.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.capture">
  <title>{capture}</title>
+ 
+  <para>
+   {capture} is used to collect the output of the template into a
+   variable instead of displaying it. Any content between {capture
+   name="foo"} and {/capture} is collected into the variable specified
+   in the name attribute. The captured content can be used in the
+   template from the special variable <link
+    linkend="language.variables.smarty.capture">$smarty.capture.foo</link>
+   where "foo" is the value passed in the name attribute. If you do not
+   supply a name attribute, then "default" will be used as the name. All {capture}
+   commands must be paired with {/capture}. You can nest capture commands.
+ </para>
+ 
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -36,17 +50,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  {capture} is used to collect the output of the template into a
-  variable instead of displaying it. Any content between {capture
-  name="foo"} and {/capture} is collected into the variable specified
-  in the name attribute. The captured content can be used in the
-  template from the special variable <link
-   linkend="language.variables.smarty.capture">$smarty.capture.foo</link>
-  where "foo" is the value passed in the name attribute. If you do not
-  supply a name attribute, then "default" will be used. All {capture}
-  commands must be paired with {/capture}. You can nest capture commands.
- </para>
  <note>
   <title>Technical Note</title>
   <para>
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@
    linkend="language.function.insert">{insert}</link>
    output. If you have
    <link linkend="caching">caching</link>
-   turned on and you have
+   enabled and you have
    <link linkend="language.function.insert">{insert}</link>
    commands that you expect to run
    within cached content, do not capture this content.
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@
 <![CDATA[
 {* we don't want to print a table row unless content is displayed *}
 {capture name=banner}
-  {include file="get_banner.tpl"}
+  {include file='get_banner.tpl'}
 {/capture}
 
 {if $smarty.capture.banner ne ''}
@@ -89,6 +93,24 @@
 ]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
+  
+    <example>
+     <title>capturing content to a variable</title>
+     <programlisting>
+  <![CDATA[
+  {* we don't want to print a table row unless content is displayed *}
+  {capture name=banner assign=foo}
+    .... some content ....
+  {/capture}
+  
+  {if $condition}
+  {$foo}
+  {/if}
+  ]]>
+     </programlisting>
+  </example>
+  
+  
  </para>
  <para>
   See also

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-config-load.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.config.load">
  <title>{config_load}</title>
+  <para>
+   {config_load} is used for loading  config
+   <link linkend="language.config.variables">#variables#</link> from a
+   <link linkend="config.files">configuration file</link> into the template.
+ </para>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -63,11 +69,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  {config_load} is used for loading  config
-  <link linkend="language.config.variables">#variables#</link> from a
-  <link linkend="config.files">configuration file</link> into the template.
- </para>
  <example>
   <title>{config_load}</title>
   <para>
@@ -146,6 +148,10 @@ pageTitle = "Customer Info"
   </programlisting>
  </example>
 
+<para>
+See <link linkend="variable.config.overwrite">$config_overwrite</link> for arrays of config variables
+</para>
+
  <para>
   See also <link linkend="config.files">Config files</link>,
   <link linkend="language.config.variables">Config variables</link>,

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-foreach.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.foreach">
  <title>{foreach},{foreachelse}</title>
+  <para>
+   <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> loops are an alternative to
+   <link
+    linkend="language.function.section"><emphasis>{section}</emphasis></link>
+   loops. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> is used to loop over a
+   <emphasis role="bold">single associative array</emphasis>. The syntax for
+   <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> is much easier than
+   <emphasis>{section}</emphasis>, but as a tradeoff it
+   <emphasis role="bold">can only be used
+   for a single array</emphasis>. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> tags must be
+   paired with <emphasis>{/foreach}</emphasis> tags. Required parameters
+   are <emphasis>from</emphasis> and <emphasis>item</emphasis>. The
+   name of the {foreach} loop can be anything you like, made up of
+   letters, numbers and underscores. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis>
+   loops can be nested, and the nested {foreach} names must be unique
+   from each other. The <emphasis>from</emphasis> variable (usually an
+   array of values) determines the number of times
+   <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> will loop.
+   <emphasis>{foreachelse}</emphasis> is executed when there are no
+   values in the <emphasis>from</emphasis> variable.
+ </para>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -52,27 +74,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> loops are an alternative to
-  <link
-   linkend="language.function.section"><emphasis>{section}</emphasis></link>
-  loops. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> is used to loop over a
-  <emphasis role="bold">single associative array</emphasis>. The syntax for
-  <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> is much easier than
-  <emphasis>{section}</emphasis>, but as a tradeoff it
-  <emphasis role="bold">can only be used
-  for a single array</emphasis>. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> tags must be
-  paired with <emphasis>{/foreach}</emphasis> tags. Required parameters
-  are <emphasis>from</emphasis> and <emphasis>item</emphasis>. The
-  name of the {foreach} loop can be anything you like, made up of
-  letters, numbers and underscores. <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis>
-  loops can be nested, and the nested {foreach} names must be unique
-  from each other. The <emphasis>from</emphasis> variable (usually an
-  array of values) determines the number of times
-  <emphasis>{foreach}</emphasis> will loop.
-  <emphasis>{foreachelse}</emphasis> is executed when there are no
-  values in the <emphasis>from</emphasis> variable.
- </para>
  <example>
   <title>{foreach} - item</title>
   <programlisting role="php">

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-if.xml

@@ -209,10 +209,17 @@
    ...
 {/if}
 
+{* ------- if with php functions ------- *}
 {* check for array. *}
 {if is_array($foo) }
-   ...do something
+   .....
 {/if}
+
+{* check for array. *}
+{if isset($foo) }
+   .....
+{/if}
+
 ]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-include-php.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.include.php">
  <title>{include_php}</title>
+  <note>
+   <title>Technical Note</title>
+   <para>
+    {include_php} is pretty much deprecated from Smarty, you can
+    accomplish the same functionality via a custom template function.
+    The only reason to use {include_php} is if you really have a need to
+    quarantine the php function away from the
+    <link linkend="variable.plugins.dir">plugins</link>
+    directory or your
+    application code. See the <link
+    linkend="tips.componentized.templates">componentized template
+    example</link> for details.
+   </para>
+ </note>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -45,20 +60,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <note>
+
-  <title>Technical Note</title>
-  <para>
-   {include_php} is pretty much deprecated from Smarty, you can
-   accomplish the same functionality via a custom template function.
-   The only reason to use {include_php} is if you really have a need to
-   quarantine the php function away from the
-   <link linkend="variable.plugins.dir">plugins</link>
-   directory or your
-   application code. See the <link
-   linkend="tips.componentized.templates">componentized template
-   example</link> for details.
-  </para>
- </note>
  <para>
   {include_php} tags are used to include a php script in your template.
   If <link linkend="variable.security">security is enabled</link>,

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-include.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.include">
  <title>{include}</title>
+  <para>
+   {include} tags are used for including other templates in the current
+   template. Any variables available in the current template are also
+   available within the included template. The {include} tag must have
+   the attribute "file", which contains the template resource path.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   You can optionally pass the <emphasis>'assign'</emphasis> attribute,
+   which will specify a template variable name that the output of
+   {include} will be assigned to instead of
+   displayed.
+ </para>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -44,18 +57,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  {include} tags are used for including other templates in the current
-  template. Any variables available in the current template are also
-  available within the included template. The {include} tag must have
-  the attribute "file", which contains the template resource path.
- </para>
- <para>
-  You can optionally pass the <emphasis>'assign'</emphasis> attribute,
-  which will specify a template variable name that the output of
-  {include} will be assigned to instead of
-  displayed.
- </para>
  <example>
   <title>function {include}</title>
   <programlisting>
@@ -65,12 +67,12 @@
   <title>{$title}</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-{include file="page_header.tpl"}
+{include file='page_header.tpl'}
 
 {* body of template goes here *}
-{include file="/$tpl_name.tpl"} <-- will replace $tpl_name with value
+{include file="$tpl_name.tpl"} <-- will replace $tpl_name with value
 
-{include file="page_footer.tpl"}
+{include file='page_footer.tpl'}
 </body>
 </html>
 ]]>
@@ -87,11 +89,11 @@
   <title>{include} passing variables</title>
   <programlisting>
 <![CDATA[
-{include file="header.tpl" title="Main Menu" table_bgcolor="#c0c0c0"}
+{include file='header.tpl' title='Main Menu' table_bgcolor='#c0c0c0'}
 
 {* body of template goes here *}
 
-{include file="footer.tpl" logo="http://my.example.com/logo.gif"}
+{include file='footer.tpl' logo='http://my.example.com/logo.gif'}
 ]]>
   </programlisting>
   <para>where header.tpl could be</para>
@@ -115,13 +117,13 @@
    <programlisting>
  <![CDATA[
 <body>
-{include file="nav.tpl" assign="navbar"}
+{include file='nav.tpl' assign=navbar}
-{include file="header.tpl" title="Main Menu" table_bgcolor="#c0c0c0"}
+{include file='header.tpl' title='Main Menu' table_bgcolor='#effeef'}
 {$navbar}
 
 {* body of template goes here *}
 
-{include file="footer.tpl" logo="http://my.example.com/logo.gif"}
+{include file='footer.tpl' logo='http://my.example.com/logo.gif'}
 {$navbar}
 </body>
 ]]>
@@ -140,16 +142,22 @@
   <programlisting>
 <![CDATA[
 {* absolute filepath *}
-{include file="/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl"}
+{include file='/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl'}
 
 {* absolute filepath (same thing) *}
-{include file="file:/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl"}
+{include file='file:/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl'}
 
 {* windows absolute filepath (MUST use "file:" prefix) *}
-{include file="file:C:/www/pub/templates/header.tpl"}
+{include file='file:C:/www/pub/templates/header.tpl'}
 
 {* include from template resource named "db" *}
-{include file="db:header.tpl"}
+{include file='db:header.tpl'}
+
+{* include a $variable template - eg $module = 'contacts' *}
+{include file="$module.tpl"} 
+{* wont work as its single quotes ie no variable substitution *}
+{include file='$module.tpl'}
+
 ]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-insert.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.insert">
  <title>{insert}</title>
+  <para>
+   {insert} tags work much like <link
+   linkend="language.function.include">{include}</link> tags,
+   except that {insert} tags are NOT cached when you have
+   template <link linkend="caching">caching</link> enabled. They
+   will be executed on every invocation of the template.
+ </para>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -52,13 +60,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  Insert tags work much like <link
-  linkend="language.function.include">{include}</link> tags,
-  except that {insert} tags are not cached when you have
-  template <link linkend="caching">caching</link> enabled. They
-  will be executed on every invocation of the template.
- </para>
  <para>
   Let's say you have a template with a banner slot at the top of
   the page. The banner can contain any mixture of HTML, images,

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-php.xml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 {php}
    // including a php script directly
    // from the template.
-   include("/path/to/display_weather.php");
+   include('/path/to/display_weather.php');
 {/php}
 ]]>
   </programlisting>
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@
 </para>
 </note>
 
+ <example>
+  <title>{php} tags with global</title>
+  <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+{php}
+   global $foo, $bar;
+   if($foo == $bar){
+     // do something
+   }
+{/php}
+]]>
+  </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ 
  <para>
   See also
   <link linkend="variable.php.handling">$php_handling</link>,

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-section.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <sect1 id="language.function.section">
  <title>{section},{sectionelse}</title>
+  <para>
+   Template sections are used for looping over
+   <emphasis role="bold">arrays of data</emphasis>
+   (just like <link linkend="language.function.foreach">{foreach}</link>). All
+   <emphasis>{section}</emphasis> tags must be paired with
+   <emphasis>{/section}</emphasis> tags. Required parameters are
+   <emphasis>name</emphasis> and <emphasis>loop</emphasis>. The name
+   of the {section} can be anything you like, made up of letters,
+   numbers and underscores. Sections can be nested, and the nested
+   section names must be unique from each other. The loop variable
+   (usually an array of values) determines the number of times the
+   section will loop. When printing a variable within a section, the
+   section name must be given next to variable name within brackets
+   []. <emphasis>{sectionelse}</emphasis> is
+   executed when there are no values in the loop variable.
+ </para>
+ 
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
@@ -74,22 +91,7 @@
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
- <para>
+
-  Template sections are used for looping over
-  <emphasis role="bold">arrays of data</emphasis>
-  (just like <link linkend="language.function.foreach">{foreach}</link>). All
-  <emphasis>{section}</emphasis> tags must be paired with
-  <emphasis>{/section}</emphasis> tags. Required parameters are
-  <emphasis>name</emphasis> and <emphasis>loop</emphasis>. The name
-  of the {section} can be anything you like, made up of letters,
-  numbers and underscores. Sections can be nested, and the nested
-  section names must be unique from each other. The loop variable
-  (usually an array of values) determines the number of times the
-  section will loop. When printing a variable within a section, the
-  section name must be given next to variable name within brackets
-  []. <emphasis>{sectionelse}</emphasis> is
-  executed when there are no values in the loop variable.
- </para>
  <example>
   <title>{section}</title>
 

docs/en/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-strip.xml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   </para>
   <screen>
 <![CDATA[
-<table border=0><tr><td><A HREF="http://w... snipped...</td></tr></table>
+<table border='0'><tr><td><a href="http://. snipped...</a></td></tr></table>
 ]]>
   </screen>
  </example>