{fetch} is used to fetch files from the local file system, http, or ftp and display the contents. If the file name begins with "http://", the web site page will be fetched and displayed. If the file name begins with "ftp://", the file will be fetched from the ftp server and displayed. For local files, the full system file path must be given, or a path relative to the executed php script. If you supply the special "assign" attribute, the output of the {fetch} function will be assigned to this template variable instead of being output to the template. (new in Smarty 1.5.0) Attribute Name Type Required Default Description file string Yes n/a the file, http or ftp site to fetch assign string No n/a the template variable the output will be assigned to This will not support http redirects, be sure to include a trailing slash on your web page fetches where necessary. If template security is turned on and you are fetching a file from the local file system, this will only allow files from within one of the defined secure directories. ($secure_dir) {$weather} {/if} ]]> See also {capture}, {eval} and fetch().