{capture} is used to collect the output of the template between the tags into a variable instead of displaying it. Any content between {capture name='foo'} and {/capture} is collected into the variable specified in the name attribute. The captured content can be used in the template from the variable $smarty.capture.foo where "foo" is the value passed in the name attribute. If you do not supply a name attribute, then "default" will be used as the name ie $smarty.capture.default {capture}'s can be nested. Attribute Name Type Required Default Description name string no default The name of the captured block assign string No n/a The variable name where to assign the captured output to Be careful when capturing {insert} output. If you have $caching enabled and you have {insert} commands that you expect to run within cached content, do not capture this content. {$smarty.capture.banner} {/if} ]]> This example also demonstrates the {popup} function Your ip is {$smarty.server.REMOTE_ADDR}. {/capture} help ]]> See also $smarty.capture, {eval}, {fetch}, fetch() and {assign}.