smarty/docs/index.md

Smarty Documentation

Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic.

It allows you to write templates, using variables, modifiers, functions and comments, like this:

<h1>{$title|escape}</h1>

<p>
    The number of pixels is: {math equation="x * y" x=$height y=$width}.
</p>

<p>
    {if $email matches "/^[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+$/"}
        Valid email address
    {else}
        Please enter a valid email
    {/if}
</p>

<h1>Hello world</h1>

<p>
    The number of pixels is: 307200.
</p>

<p>
    Valid email address
</p>

When this template is rendered, with the value "Hello world" for the variable $title, 640 for $width, and 480 for $height, the result is:

<h1>Hello world</h1>

<p>
    The number of pixels is: 307200.
</p>

Getting Started

• Getting Started
• Philosophy - or "Why do I need a template engine?"
• Features - or "Why do I want Smarty?"

Help

• Search or create an issue
• Upgrading from an older version
• Some random tips & tricks
• Troubleshooting

Source code

• Smarty repository at GitHub

Sponsors

iWink, fullservice digital agency

Temma, the MVC framework based on Smarty