Inserts

Insert plugins are used to implement functions that are invoked by {insert} tags in the template.

string smarty_insert_name(array $params, object &$smarty)

The first parameter to the function is an associative array of attributes passed to the insert. Either access those values directly, e.g. $params['start'] or use extract($params) to import them into the symbol table.

The insert function is supposed to return the result which will be substituted in place of the {insert} tag in the template.

Example 16-11. insert plugin

<?php

/*

 * Smarty plugin

 * ------------------------------------------------------------- 

 * File:     insert.time.php

 * Type:     time

 * Name:     time

 * Purpose:  Inserts current date/time according to format

 * -------------------------------------------------------------

 */

function smarty_insert_time($params, &$smarty)

{

    if (empty($params['format'])) {

        $smarty->trigger_error("insert time: missing 'format' parameter");

        return;

    }



    $datetime = strftime($params['format']);

    return $datetime;

}

?>