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Introduction(簡介)

en: This library is a easy & lazy & fast to help you building Smarty views in Codeigniter.

You can use this library to substitute Codeigniter-Parser library, or direct use Smarty build-in function to write your web application.

zh: 這個類庫是一項可以讓你在 Codeigniter 之中， 簡單、懶惰、快速 的 Smarty 樣版引擎建置方法。

你可以直接使用這個類庫取代內建的 Codeigniter-Parser 類庫來使用它，或是直接使用傳統的 Smarty 內建函式使用它。

How to install? (如何安裝?)

Go http://www.smarty.net/ and download Smarty library.
Extract Smarty zip file into your third_party dir like a example: /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/

Example path /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/demo /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/libs /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/change_log.txt /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/COPYING.lib /application/third_party/Smarty-3.1.11/README
Get this library into dir: /application/libraries/template.php

How to use? (如何使用?)

Basic syntax (基本語法)

in Controller

<?php
function index() {
	// You also can setting autoload in /application/config/autoload.php
	$this->load->library( 'template' );

	// Such as traditional syntax
	$this->template->assign( 'title', 'CI-Smarty Example' );
	$this->template->assign( 'keyword', 'codeigniter,smarty,template' );

	$this->template->display( 'home/index', $assign ); // default file ext is `.html`
}

in HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
	<title>{$title} - website name</title>
	<meta name="keywords" content="{$keyword}">
</head>

How to return a fetched html string? (如何返回html字串供額外使用?)

in Controller

<?php
function index() {
	$this->load->library( 'template' );

	$data['title']   = 'CI-Smarty Example';
	$data['keyword'] = 'codeigniter,smarty,template';

	// Such as traditional syntax
	$string = $this->template->parse( 'home/index', $data, true ); // default file ext is `.html`

	echo $string;
}

How to access $CI in views? (如何在視圖中, 存取CI物件?)

in Controller

<?php
function index() {
	$this->load->library( 'template' );

	$CI =& get_instance();

	$this->template->assign( 'CI', $CI );

	$this->template->display( 'home/index', $assign ); // default file ext is `.html`
}

in HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
	hello, world<br />
	This site's name is {$CI->config->item( 'site_name' )}.
</body>

Traditional function? (smarty的傳統函數?)

{nocache}{/nocache}

in HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
	hello, world the time is {nocache}{$smarty.now|date_format}{/nocache}
</body>