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[movilla]

Hi

How do I split a string into an array from within a smarty template.

[cbarnes]

From:
http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=SmartyTips

If you need to create an array from a string inside template use something like this:

{assign var="menu" value=","|split:"optionA,optionB,optionC"}

Comma "," can be replaced with any separator.

Result is the same as in php:

$menu = split(",","optionA,optionB,optionC");
$smarty->assign_by_ref("menu",$menu);

[movilla]

Thanks Chris,

I am a bit new at smarty and I am not quite sure what it means and what variables go where.

What are optionA, optionB, optionC and where does the string I want to splt go.

Please could you explain what they mean.

Andrew

[cbarnes]

I would suggest the PHP docs on "split".

http://us3.php.net/split

Basically, split is used to create an array from a string that is seperated by a delimiter.

Here is an example:

Let's say you have a string:

blue,red,yellow,orange,green,purple

You can use the function to split this string into an array.

{assign var="color" value=","|split:"blue,red,yellow,orange,green,purple"}

Now, you can use this array.

{section name=mysec loop=$color}
{$color[mysec]}

{/section}

This should print out:

blue
red
yellow
orange
green
purple

[movilla]

Chris,

Thanks for your help - it worked just fine.

I have been now been able to get the AVS result for credit payments included at the end of the subject line in the admin order confirmation email. It is a quick way of checking possible fraud.

Regards
Andrew