Section, SectionelseAttributename Type Required Default DescriptionName String Yes N / A THE Name of The Section
Loop [$ Variable_name] Yes N / A The Name of the Variable To Determine # of loop ity
Template Sections Are Used for looping over arrays of data. All section / section tags. Required parameters
Are Name and loop. The name of the section, name of the section, Made Up of letters, Numbers and underscores.
Sections Can Be Nested, And The Nested Section Names Must Be Unique from Each Other. The loop variable (Usually an Array of)
Values) DETERMINES The Number of Times The section Will Loop .hen Printing a Variable forin A Section, The Section Name
Must Be given next to variable name within brackets []. Sectionelse is Executed When there is no values in the loop variable.
Example 7.15. Section {* This Example Will Print Out All The Values of The $ CUSTID Array *}
{section = Customer loop = $ custid}
ID: {$ CustId [Customer]}
{/ section}
OUTPUT:
ID: 1000
ID: 1001
ID: 1002
Example 7.16. Section loop variable {* the loop variable only determines the number of times to loop.
You CAN Access Any Variable from The Template Withnin The Section.
THIS EXAMPLE Assumes That $ CUSTID, $ NAME AND $ Address Are ALL
Arrays Containing The Same Number of VALUES *}
{section = Customer loop = $ custid}
ID: {$ CustId [Customer]}
Name: {$ Name [Customer]}
Address: {$ Address [Customer]}
{/ section}
OUTPUT:
ID: 1000
Name: John Smith
Address: 253 N 45th
ID: 1001
Name: Jack Jones
Address: 417 Mulberry LN
ID: 1002
Name: Jane Munson
Address: 5605 Apple ST
Example 7.17. Section name {* the name of the section,
And it is buy to reason the data forin the section *}
{section name = mydata loop = $ cuptid}
ID: {$ Custid [mydata]}
Name: {$ Name [mydata]}
Address: {$ Address [mydata]}
{/ section}
Example 7.18. Nested Sections {* Sections Can Be Nested As Deep As You Like. With Nested Sections,
You Can Access Complex Data Structures, Such As Multi-Dimensional
Arrays. in this Example, $ Contact_Type [Customer] is an array of
Contact Types for the current customer. *}
{section = Customer loop = $ custid}
ID: {$ CustId [Customer]}
Name: {$ Name [Customer]}
Address: {$ Address [Customer]}
{section name = contact loop = $ contact_type [Customer]}
{$ Contact_Type [Customer] [Contact]}: {$ Contact_info [Customer] [Contact]}
{/ section}
{/ section}
OUTPUT:
ID: 1000
Name: John Smith
Address: 253 N 45th
Home Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
John@mydomain.com
ID: 1001
Name: Jack Jones
Address: 417 Mulberry LN
Home Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
Jack@mydomain.com
ID: 1002
Name: Jane Munson
Address: 5605 Apple ST
Home Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
Jane@mydomain.com
Example 7.19. Sections and associative arrays {* this is an esample of printing an associative array
Of data forin a section *}
{section name = Customer loop = $ Contacts}
Name: {$ Contacts [Customer] .Name}
Home: {$ Contacts [Customer] .home}
Cell: {$ Contacts [Customer] .Cell}
E-mail: {$ Contacts [Customer] .email}
{/ section}
OUTPUT:
Name: John Smith
Home: 555-555-5555
Cell: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
John@mydomain.com
Name: Jack Jones
Home Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
Jack@mydomain.com
Name: Jane Munson
Home Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
E-mail:
Jane@mydomain.com
Example 7.20. Sectionelse {* SectionsElse Will Execute if The are no $ cuptid value *}
{section = Customer loop = $ custid}
ID: {$ CustId [Customer]}
{sectionElse}
There Are No Values In $ CustId.
{/ section}
Sections Also Have The Their Own Variables That Handle Section Properties. There Are Indicated Like So:
{$ smarty.section.sectionname.varname}
Note: as of smarty 1.5.0, The Syntax for Section Property Variables Has Been Changed from
{% sectionname.varname%} to {$ smarty.section.sectionname.varname}. The old syntax is still supported, but you
Will Only See Reference to The New Syntax in The Manual Examples.
