smarty/docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-for.md

{for}

The {for}{forelse} tag is used to create simple loops. The following different formats are supported:

• {for $var=$start to $end} simple loop with step size of 1.

• {for $var=$start to $end step $step} loop with individual step size.

{forelse} is executed when the loop is not iterated.

Attributes

Attribute	Required	Description
max	No	Limit the number of iterations

Option Flags

Name	Description
nocache	Disables caching of the {for} loop

Examples

<ul>
    {for $foo=1 to 3}
        <li>{$foo}</li>
    {/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:

<ul>
    <li>1</li>
    <li>2</li>
    <li>3</li>
</ul>

<?php
$smarty->assign('to',10);

<ul>
    {for $foo=3 to $to max=3}
        <li>{$foo}</li>
    {/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:

<ul>
    <li>3</li>
    <li>4</li>
    <li>5</li>
</ul>

<?php
$smarty->assign('start',10);
$smarty->assign('to',5);

<ul>
    {for $foo=$start to $to}
        <li>{$foo}</li>
    {forelse}
      no iteration
    {/for}
</ul>

The above example will output:

   no iteration

See also {foreach}, {section} and {while}