Variable variables

Hello all... I wonder if there is a way of implementing variable variabes into smart; Sometimes I have an object, and I need a certain attribute from it. I need this to create forms automatically. I have an array with form elements (name, type) and I include the right template with the form for the right variable type. ie: a textfield, wysiwyg html editor, image upload box, selectbox So what I do is I run through the form elements array like this ============================ {foreach from=$pageVars item=row} <tr height=20> {if (isset($row.editTemplate))} {include file=$row.editTemplate row=$row} {/if} </tr> {foreachelse} ============================ And in the editTemplate I do something like this: ============================ <td>{$row.name|translate}</td> <td> {if (isset($row.readOnly) && $row.readOnly)} {$object|var:$row.name} {else} <input type="text" name="{$row.name}" value="{$object|var:$row.name}"> {/if} </td> ============================ The data to fill the form with comes from the '$object' object. What i want to do is: $object->$row.name but unfortunally smarty currently doesn't have this functionality. I solved this by using a modifier named 'var' which gets the right attribute from the object ============================ function smarty_modifier_var($object, $var) { if (is_object($object)) return $object->$var; return false; } ============================ This works fine, but I don't think this is the correct method, it's more like a hack to get what I want. I tried looking in the source code but it's too complicated for me. I don't have any Idea if anyone else has the same problems or if it is hard to change it in the compiler functions. ________________________________________ Martijn van Zal GFXartist Network Technical Manager mail: martijn@gfxartist.com icq: 8213621