Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Making variables accessible to the template in a block function

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:26:59PM +0100, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote: > >your assumptions are correct. your block function gets called two times > >first with empty $content, second with $content containing the > >*already evaluated* contents between {repeat} and {/repeat}. so, this > >is a limitation. > > Uargh. That's a pretty nasty limitation since I won't be able to access > arrays then, like: > > {repeat times=10 counter=time} > {$myFirstVar.$time} > {$mySecondVar.$time} > {/repeat} instead of your repaet, you can use {section} or {foreach} http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.section.php http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.foreach.php for more complex block-functions, i don't know. i tried a solution via compiler-functions some time ago, but that was very complicated to handle, even simple tasks. so i'm still looking, too. > Any other takers on alternatives to archive the above within the Smarty > limitations?