append_by_ref
voidappend_by_ref
stringvarname
mixedvar
boolmerge
This is used to append values to the templates by reference.
If you append a variable by reference then change its
value, the appended value sees the change as well. For objects,
append_by_ref() also avoids an in-memory copy of the appended object.
See the PHP manual on variable referencing for an in-depth
explanation. If you pass the optional third parameter of true,
the value will be merged with the current array instead of appended.
Technical Note
The merge parameter respects array keys, so if
you merge two numerically indexed arrays, they may overwrite each other
or result in non-sequential keys. This is unlike the array_merge() function
of PHP which wipes out numerical keys and renumbers them.
append_by_ref
append_by_ref("Name", $myname);
$smarty->append_by_ref("Address", $address);
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