| 1 | NAME: |
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| 3 | Smarty - the PHP compiling template engine |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | VERSION: 2.6.0 |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | AUTHORS: |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com> |
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| 10 | Andrei Zmievski <[email protected]> |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | MAILING LISTS: |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | We have a few mailing lists. "general" for you to share your ideas or ask |
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| 15 | questions, "dev" for those interested in the development efforts of Smarty, |
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| 16 | and "cvs" for those that would like to track the updates made in the cvs |
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| 17 | repository. |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | send a blank e-mail message to: |
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| 20 | [email protected] (subscribe to the general list) |
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| 21 | [email protected] (unsubscribe from the general list) |
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| 22 | [email protected] (subscribe to digest) |
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| 23 | [email protected] (unsubscribe from digest) |
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| 24 | [email protected] (subscribe to the dev list) |
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| 25 | [email protected] (unsubscribe from the dev list) |
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| 26 | [email protected] (subscribe to the cvs list) |
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| 27 | [email protected] (unsubscribe from the cvs list) |
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| 28 | You can also browse the mailing list archives at |
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| 29 | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=smarty&r=1&w=2 |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | SYNOPSIS: |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | require("Smarty.class.php"); |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | $smarty = new Smarty; |
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| 37 | $smarty->assign("Title","My Homepage"); |
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| 38 | $smarty->assign("Names",array("John","Gary","Gregg","James")); |
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| 40 | $smarty->display("index.tpl"); |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | DESCRIPTION: |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | What is Smarty? |
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| 47 | Smarty is a template engine for PHP. Many other template engines for PHP |
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| 48 | provide basic variable substitution and dynamic block functionality. |
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| 49 | Smarty takes a step further to be a "smart" template engine, adding |
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| 50 | features such as configuration files, template functions, and variable |
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| 51 | modifiers, and making all of this functionality as easy as possible to |
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| 52 | use for both programmers and template designers. Smarty also converts |
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| 53 | the templates into PHP scripts, eliminating the need to parse the |
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| 54 | templates on every invocation. This makes Smarty extremely scalable and |
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| 55 | manageable for large application needs. |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | Some of Smarty's features: |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | * it is extremely fast |
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| 60 | * no template parsing overhead, only compiles once. |
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| 61 | * it is smart about recompiling only the template files that have |
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| 62 | changed. |
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| 63 | * the template language is remarkably extensible via the plugin |
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| 64 | architecture. |
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| 65 | * configurable template delimiter tag syntax, so you can use |
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| 66 | {}, {{}}, <!--{}-->, or whatever you like. |
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| 67 | * built-in caching of template output. |
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| 68 | * arbitrary template sources (filesystem, databases, etc.) |
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| 69 | * template if/elseif/else/endif constructs are passed to the PHP parser, |
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| 70 | so the if syntax can be as simple or as complex as you like. |
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| 71 | * unlimited nesting of sections, conditionals, etc. allowed |
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| 72 | * it is possible to embed PHP code right in your template files, |
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| 73 | although not recommended and doubtfully needed since the engine |
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| 74 | is so customizable. |
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| 75 | * and many more. |
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| 77 | COPYRIGHT: |
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| 78 | Copyright (c) 2001-2005 New Digital Group, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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| 79 | This software is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. |
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| 80 | Please read the disclaimer at the top of the Smarty.class.php file. |
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