fetchstringfetchstringtemplatestringcache_idstringcompile_id
This returns the template output instead of displaying it.
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;
fetch
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);
}
// capture the output
$output = $smarty->fetch("index.tpl");
// do something with $output here
echo $output;
?>
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