append() append an element to an assigned array Description voidappend mixedvar voidappend stringvarname mixedvar boolmerge If you append to a string value, it is converted to an array value and then appended to. You can explicitly pass name/value pairs, or associative arrays containing the name/value pairs. If you pass the optional third parameter of &true;, the value will be merged with the current array instead of appended. ¬e.parameter.merge; append append('foo', 'Fred'); // After this line, foo will now be seen as an array in the template $smarty->append('foo', 'Albert'); $array = array(1 => 'one', 2 => 'two'); $smarty->append('X', $array); $array2 = array(3 => 'three', 4 => 'four'); // The following line will add a second element to the X array $smarty->append('X', $array2); // passing an associative array $smarty->append(array('city' => 'Lincoln', 'state' => 'Nebraska')); ?> ]]> See also append_by_ref(), assign() and get_template_vars()