fetch
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
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)
Technical Note
This will not support http redirects, be sure to
include a trailing slash on your web page fetches where necessary.
Technical Note
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)
fetch
{* include some javascript in your template *}
{fetch file="/export/httpd/www.domain.com/docs/navbar.js"}
{* embed some weather text in your template from another web site *}
{fetch file="http://www.myweather.com/68502/"}
{* fetch a news headline file via ftp *}
{fetch file="ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com/path/to/currentheadlines.txt"}
{* assign the fetched contents to a template variable *}
{fetch file="http://www.myweather.com/68502/" assign="weather"}
{if $weather ne ""}
<b>{$weather}</b>
{/if}