display() displays the template Description voiddisplay stringtemplate stringcache_id stringcompile_id This displays the template unlike fetch(). Supply a valid template resource type and path. As an optional second parameter, you can pass a $cache id. See the caching section for more information. ¶meter.compileid; display() caching = true; // only do db calls if cache doesn't exist if(!$smarty->is_cached("index.tpl")) { // dummy up some data $address = "245 N 50th"; $db_data = array( "City" => "Lincoln", "State" => "Nebraska", "Zip" => "68502" ); $smarty->assign("Name","Fred"); $smarty->assign("Address",$address); $smarty->assign($db_data); } // display the output $smarty->display("index.tpl"); ?> ]]> Use the syntax for template resources to display files outside of the $template_dir directory. function display() template resource examples display('/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl'); // absolute filepath (same thing) $smarty->display('file:/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl'); // windows absolute filepath (MUST use "file:" prefix) $smarty->display('file:C:/www/pub/templates/header.tpl'); // include from template resource named "db" $smarty->display('db:header.tpl'); ?> ]]> See also fetch() and template_exists().