Block/Section (in trad. sense) function needed?

Hi, I posted this to the Smarty-General list firstly, in the switch discussion, but I don't think it's actually sutedto that list. At 11:20 AM 4/29/02 +0200, Bertrand DUNOGIER wrote:

and a switch / case is not harder to understand than a if / elseif / else is it ? :)

But for your kind of example a switch may still be overkill. What we want is the good old PHPLib (or is it IT[X]?) kind of section/block: <!-- Template --> {block name="LoggedIn"} You are logged into our site. Fancy that! {/block} {block name="LoggedOut"} Can you find the link to login. I think not... {/block} /* PHP Code */ $smarty->default_block_status = 'visible'; if (isset($_SESSION['AUTH'])) {

        $smarty->hide_block('LoggedOut');

} else {

        $smarty->hide_block('LoggedIn');

} Or of course you could have all blocks hidden by default, and then use $smarty->show_block() to make the right ones visible. The advantage with this construct is that it puts the logic firmly where it should be: back in your PHP code. I'm not suggesting that blocks should be repeatable like in PHPLib as {section} does that, but I do think that simple blocks like this would be a very good idea. Peter. -- Maple Design - quality web design and programming http://www.mapledesign.co.uk