Re: [SMARTY-DEV] simple math

Monte, I love this idea! As for abuse, you just leave that to us he hehe :) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monte Ohrt" <monte@ispi.net> To: "Smarty Dev" <smarty-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 2:48 AM Subject: [SMARTY-DEV] simple math > As an experiment :-) I committed simple math operators on variables. > > examples: > > {$var} > {$var+1} > {$var-1} > {$var*2} > {$var/4} > {$var++} > {$var--} > {$var+3.45} > > It can be put on the end of any valid varname: > > {#var#+1} > {$var[foo].bar+1} > {$obj->foo+1} > > Realize that $var++ increments the variable _after_ displayed. Also, > there is no checking the validity of $var, so putting $var++ on a string > is the same as $var++ on a string in PHP. > > We'll see if this causes any problems, but it look pretty harmless. I > know this is another double-edge sword thing... it is very handy, > but also opens doors for template abuse.