Re: [SMARTY-DEV] variable catenation

There are some chars can be used: & -> can conflict with AND ~ -> looks nice to me, but, isn`t usual # -> since it is used to commend code and Smarty doenst use it as a commend, can be used. .= -> PHP use it to concat. Why not? On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 15:13, Monte Ohrt wrote: > I've been playing with variable catenation to see if it is even > possible, and there are some problems. > > First, I was trying to resolve it for function attributes: > > {foobar foo=foo."bar" foo=$foo.$bar foo=$foo.bar} > > You can see there is a conflict of what "." means. Is $foo.bar a > catenated value or an associative array? is $foo.$bar catenated or > dynamic associative array? > > So then I decided to try "+" instead of ".", much like the javascript > way of catenating strings. > > {foobar foo=foo+"bar" foo=$foo+bar foo="foo"+"bar"} > > Everything seems to work OK (even embedded + in quotes works as > expected), you just can't put spaces around the + signs or else it is > unclear where the next attribute starts. > > So, now moving on to IF statments. > > {if $foo+bar eq "blah" and 1+2=3} > > Another conflict, is + a string catenation operator or a math operator? > > I'd kind of like to stick to the PHP way of doing things with ".", > except for the syntax conflicts... unless someone comes up with a good > solution. Ideas? > > Othewise we go with the clunky cat modifier. > > > Monte -- Atenciosamente, --------------------------------------------------------- Roberto Berto - roberto@desenvolve.com.br Gerente de Contas / Desenvolve Hospedagem a R$ 7,60 por mês, com toda a nossa qualidade! Confira: http://www.desenvolve.com.br DESENVOLVE Soluções de Internet http://www.desenvolve.com.br TEL/FAX: 51 32270599 Rua Duque de Caxias, 1594 conj. 204 CEP 90010-281 - Porto Alegre - RS ---------------------------------------------------------