smarty php variable not appearing

Question

I am using the smarty templating system for php. I have the following within a .tpl file:

 <a href=\"{/literal}/view/{$tablename}/

where $tablename is a php variable defined in the php file that calls the .tpl

$tablename = 'string';

However running the script only

href="/view//"

is visible. What am I doing wrong?

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-22 18:45:13Z

6

This

$tablename = 'string';

is not enough to populate a variable into Smarty.

You need to use

$Smarty->assign("tablename", $tablename);

$Smarty being your initialized Smarty object, of course.

answered Aug 22, 2010 at 18:45

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Paul Dixon · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-22 18:45:58Z

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Are you assigning to variable to the smarty instance? e.g with assign()?

 $smarty->assign('tablename', $tablename);

answered Aug 22, 2010 at 18:45

Paul Dixon

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