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[ADDISON]

Sorry for posting here, but there is not section in this forum for Smarty discussions.

I would like to get a solution for this problem. I declare an associative array in a php file and assign it to a Smarty template

$products = array(
array("name" => "Adidas",      "products" => "12"),
array("name" => "Asics",       "products" => "8"),
array("name" => "Montrail",    "products" => "4"),
array("name" => "New Balance", "products" => "7"),
array("name" => "Puma",        "products" => "9"),
array("name" => "Salomon",     "products" => "11"),
array("name" => "Vasque",      "products" => "6"),
);

$smarty->assign("manufacturers", $manufacturers);

How can I create a table using Smarty, with a specified number of colums, as the following (let's say columns number is 3):

column 1 column 2 column 3
row 1: Adidas Asics Montrail
row 2: 12 8 4
row 3: New Balance Puma Salomon
row 4: 7 9 11
row 5: Vasque
row 6: 6

I know how to do it with 3 rows grouping in a table cell [name] and [products]. This version with 6 rows seems to be complex for me. I appreciate a solution on this.

Thanks!

[Shamun]

Could you not use divs? Make Adidas 12 look to be on 2 rows, but have it in a block and just use 3 divs across each row like that?

[ADDISON]

Someone more advanced in Smarty gave me this challenge. Of course I can use divs, but I need to do it in a table way as requested.

Originally Posted by Shamun

Could you not use divs? Make Adidas 12 look to be on 2 rows, but have it in a block and just use 3 divs across each row like that?

[Ene]

Originally Posted by am2003

Sorry for posting here, but there is not section in this forum for Smarty discussions.

I would like to get a solution for this problem. I declare an associative array in a php file and assign it to a Smarty template

$products = array(
array("name" => "Adidas",      "products" => "12"),
array("name" => "Asics",       "products" => "8"),
array("name" => "Montrail",    "products" => "4"),
array("name" => "New Balance", "products" => "7"),
array("name" => "Puma",        "products" => "9"),
array("name" => "Salomon",     "products" => "11"),
array("name" => "Vasque",      "products" => "6"),
);

$smarty->assign("manufacturers", $manufacturers);

How can I create a table using Smarty, with a specified number of colums, as the following (let's say columns number is 3):

column 1 column 2 column 3
row 1: Adidas Asics Montrail
row 2: 12 8 4
row 3: New Balance Puma Salomon
row 4: 7 9 11
row 5: Vasque
row 6: 6

I know how to do it with 3 rows grouping in a table cell [name] and [products]. This version with 6 rows seems to be complex for me. I appreciate a solution on this.

Thanks!

Hmm, I'd try to adapt this code: http://www.smarty.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1391

[cherie]

Maybe this will help:

http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=SmartyColumnsTutorial

[ADDISON]

Here is the solution without using any web resources. I tried to make it as simple as I could.

{assign var="columns" value=3}
{assign var="i" value=0}
{assign var="totalmanufacturers" value=$manufacturers|@count}

{if $manufacturers}
	{if $columns gt 0}
		{assign var="rowloop" value=$totalmanufacturers/$columns}
		{assign var="restloop" value=$totalmanufacturers%$columns}
<table>
		{section name=rows loop=$rowloop}
	<tr>
			{section name=rowname loop=$columns}
		<td>{$manufacturers[$i].name}</td>
				{assign var="i" value=$i+1}
			{/section}
	</tr>
	<tr>
			{assign var="i" value=$i-$columns}
			{section name=rowproducts loop=$columns}
		<td>{$manufacturers[$i].products}</td>
				{assign var="i" value=$i+1}
			{/section}
	</tr>
		{/section}
	<tr>
		{section name=rowname loop=$restloop}
		<td>{$manufacturers[$i].name}</td>
			{assign var="i" value=$i+1}
		{/section}
	</tr>
		<tr>
		{assign var="i" value=$i-$restloop}
		{section name=rowproducts loop=$restloop}
		<td>{$manufacturers[$i].products}</td>
			{assign var="i" value=$i+1}
		{/section}
	</tr>
</table>
	{else}
		The number of columns must be greater than 0
	{/if}
{else}
There are no manufacturers. Please create them.
{/if}