README
1NAME:
2
3 Smarty - the PHP compiling template engine
4
5VERSION: 2.6.20
6
7AUTHORS:
8
9 Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
10 Andrei Zmievski <andrei@php.net>
11
12MAILING LISTS:
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14 We have a few mailing lists. "discussion" for you to share your ideas or ask
15 questions, "developers" for those interested in the development efforts of Smarty,
16 and "svn" for those that would like to track the updates made in the svn
17 repository.
18
19 send a blank e-mail message to:
20 smarty-discussion-subscribe@googlecode.com(subscribe to the general discussion list)
21 smarty-discussion-unsubscribe@googlecode.com (unsubscribe from the general discussion list)
22 smarty-discussion-digest-subscribe@googlecode.com (subscribe to digest)
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24 smarty-developers-subscribe@googlecode.com (subscribe to the dev list)
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26 smarty-svn-subscribe@googlecode.com (subscribe to the svn list)
27 smarty-svn-unsubscribe@googlecode.com (unsubscribe from the svn list)
28
29 You can also browse the mailing list archives at
30 http://groups.google.com/group/smarty-discussion
31 http://groups.google.com/group/smarty-developers
32
33 and the OLD list archives at
34 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=smarty&r=1&w=2
35
36SYNOPSIS:
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38 require("Smarty.class.php");
39
40 $smarty = new Smarty;
41
42 $smarty->assign("Title","My Homepage");
43 $smarty->assign("Names",array("John","Gary","Gregg","James"));
44
45 $smarty->display("index.tpl");
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47
48DESCRIPTION:
49
50 What is Smarty?
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52 Smarty is a template engine for PHP. Many other template engines for PHP
53 provide basic variable substitution and dynamic block functionality.
54 Smarty takes a step further to be a "smart" template engine, adding
55 features such as configuration files, template functions, and variable
56 modifiers, and making all of this functionality as easy as possible to
57 use for both programmers and template designers. Smarty also converts
58 the templates into PHP scripts, eliminating the need to parse the
59 templates on every invocation. This makes Smarty extremely scalable and
60 manageable for large application needs.
61
62 Some of Smarty's features:
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64 * it is extremely fast
65 * no template parsing overhead, only compiles once.
66 * it is smart about recompiling only the template files that have
67 changed.
68 * the template language is remarkably extensible via the plugin
69 architecture.
70 * configurable template delimiter tag syntax, so you can use
71 {}, {{}}, <!--{}-->, or whatever you like.
72 * built-in caching of template output.
73 * arbitrary template sources (filesystem, databases, etc.)
74 * template if/elseif/else/endif constructs are passed to the PHP parser,
75 so the if syntax can be as simple or as complex as you like.
76 * unlimited nesting of sections, conditionals, etc. allowed
77 * it is possible to embed PHP code right in your template files,
78 although not recommended and doubtfully needed since the engine
79 is so customizable.
80 * and many more.
81
82COPYRIGHT:
83 Copyright (c) 2001-2005 New Digital Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
84 This software is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
85 Please read the disclaimer at the top of the Smarty.class.php file.
86