Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Smarty looping w/ interator

This sounds familiar--I believe there is at least one topic relating to this at the user forums. Not withstanding Wom.Bat's concerns, there are several possible ways that I can immediately think of to enable this approach. For example, you can create a custom block function using the CVS repeat feature; you can register a custom function that returns back data like a stack; you can register/assign objects that are used to retrieve data back at runtime from within your Smarty loop. I think Wom.Bat is carrying the right torch, though--data preparation should be carried out as a seperate processing chore from the output transformation that Smarty does. Still, you may save some cycles (and memory requirements) by using assign_by_ref when you are assigning (larger) arrays and objects to Smarty. On the other hand, I'd love to see better recursion in the core. As for that, I am presently satisified by a variant of the plugins that messju provided, again at the forums. I think, though, that native support for recursion (and/or macros, callable template parts, etc.) would provide a more direct path for users coming from 'certain other' template systems and methodologies. xo boots __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com