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Re: [SMARTY] Referencing complex associative array

Abdul-Wahid Paterson

2005-04-28, 8:58 am

It is a bit hard to read the structure...but i think...

$result->ITEMS is the array with your news items
so

{section name=3Dnews loop=3D$result.ITEMS}
<tr>
<td>
{$result.ITEMS.[news].LINK}
</td>
</tr>
{/section}

But I am a bit

from your email what is $result and what is $news.

Abdul-Wahid

This would would loop through the news items.
On 4/28/05, Roger Thomas <sniper@home.net.my> wrote:
> Hi,
> I parsed an XML file and pushed the results into an array. My question is=
, when I assign this array, $result, to Smarty, how do I reference it ?
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> I have something like:
> {section name=3Dfeed loop=3D$news}
> <tr>
> <td>
> {$news[feed].COPYRIGHT}
> </td>
> </tr>
> {/section}
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> How do I reference, say, the LINK under ITEMS ? Please advise.
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> If I do a var_dump on $result, it looks like this:
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> array(10) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(39) "BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition"
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(47) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/default.stm"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(33) "Updated every minute of every day"
> ["LANGUAGE"]=3D>
> string(5) "en-gb"
> ["LASTBUILDDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 23:59:27 GMT"
> ["COPYRIGHT"]=3D>
> string(92) "Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, http://new=
s.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3281849.stm"
> ["DOCS"]=3D>
> string(33) "http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/"
> ["TTL"]=3D>
> string(2) "15"
> ["IMAGE"]=3D>
> array(3) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(8) "BBC News"
> ["URL"]=3D>
> string(56) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif"
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(21) "http://news.bbc.co.uk"
> }
> ["ITEMS"]=3D>
> array(5) {
> [0]=3D>
> array(5) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(31) "Early Iraq legal opinion leaked"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(115) "The attorney general doubted the Iraq war would be leg=
al without a new resolution from the UN, leaked advice shows."
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(79) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_20=
05/frontpage/4491105.stm"
> ["GUID"]=3D>
> string(70) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontp=
age/4491105.stm"
> ["PUBDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 22:32:09 GMT"
> }
> [1]=3D>
> array(5) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(32) "Man arrested over Abigail attack"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(96) "A 25-year-old man has been arrested by detectives hunti=
ng the man who stabbed Abigail Witchalls."
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(73) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/southern_co=
unties/4492119.stm"
> ["GUID"]=3D>
> string(64) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/44=
92119.stm"
> ["PUBDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 23:53:19 GMT"
> }
> [2]=3D>
> array(5) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(32) "Jackson's ex-wife in witness box"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(122) "Prosecutors in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial beg=
in questioning the star's ex-wife and mother of two of his children."
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(67) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/music=
/4490259.stm"
> ["GUID"]=3D>
> string(58) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4490259.=
stm"
> ["PUBDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 21:58:53 GMT"
> }
> [3]=3D>
> array(5) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(33) "US terror charge Briton convicted"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(112) "A British man is found guilty of attempting to support=
terrorism after trying to sell a missile to an FBI agent."
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(50) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/4491181.stm"
> ["GUID"]=3D>
> string(41) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4491181.stm"
> ["PUBDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 20:07:48 GMT"
> }
> [4]=3D>
> array(5) {
> ["TITLE"]=3D>
> string(28) "Airbus A380 completes flight"
> ["DESCRIPTION"]=3D>
> string(103) "The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, =
lands safely, having completed its maiden flight."
> ["LINK"]=3D>
> string(56) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/4488361.st=
m"
> ["GUID"]=3D>
> string(47) "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4488361.stm"
> ["PUBDATE"]=3D>
> string(27) "Wed, 27 Apr 05 17:32:10 GMT"
> }
> }
> }
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Maximillian Schwanekamp

2005-04-28, 9:01 pm

Abdul-Wahid Paterson wrote:
> {section name=news loop=$result.ITEMS}
> ...{$result.ITEMS.[news].LINK}...
> {/section}

Roger Thomas wrote:
How do I reference, say, the LINK under ITEMS ? Please advise.
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For complex array structures I find it easier to read/write the template
markup by using assign() here, especially if you're going to use
multiple values from the array:

<ul>
{section name=news value=$result.ITEMS}
{assign value=$result.ITEMS[news] var="item"}
<li>
<h3><a href="{$item.LINK}">{$item.TITLE}</a></h3>
<p>{$item.DESCRIPTION}</p>
</li>
{/section}
</ul>

FWIW!
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Maximillian Von Schwanekamp
http://www.neptunewebworks.com/

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