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[neroag]

Hi all

Is there a way that i can pass the contents of a smarty variable to a php varible within {php} to perform php a php function?

Basically Im trying to find a way of checking if a selected smarty variable contains a certain string IE.. does {$product.product} contain the word "Cheap" for example.

Thanks all

[PhilJ]

Here's one way of doing it...

{php}
$foo = $this->get_template_vars( 'product' );
$bar = $foo['product'];
$woof = $foo['productcode'];
 
echo "<br />";
echo "$bar";
echo "<br />";
echo "$woof";
echo "<br /><br />";
 
$findme  = 'Cheap';
$look = strpos($bar, $findme);
 
if ($look == false) { 
 echo "The string '$findme' was not found in the string '$bar'"; 
} else { 
 echo "The string '$findme' was found in the string '$bar'"; 
 echo " and exists at position $look";
} 
{/php}

There's probably an easier way using smarty alone, I'll keep looking...

[inebriate]

{$product.product|strpos:"Cheap"}

problem with using strpos though is you need to run another check if "Cheap" is at the 0 position, if its not there strpos will still evaluate it as 0

so you need to use something like substr to compare if its actually at the 0 position or not

[PhilJ]

lol, beat me to it

http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-forum/viewtopic.php?t=7743