smarty/docs/programmers/api-functions/api-assign-by-ref.md

assignByRef()

assign values by reference

Description

void

assignByRef

string

varname

mixed

var

This is used to assign() values to the templates by reference.

Note

With the introduction of PHP5, assignByRef() is not necessary for most intents and purposes. assignByRef() is useful if you want a PHP array index value to be affected by its reassignment from a template. Assigned object properties behave this way by default.

<?php
// passing name/value pairs
$smarty->assignByRef('Name', $myname);
$smarty->assignByRef('Address', $address);
?>

See also assign(), clearAllAssign(), append(), {assign} and getTemplateVars().