In order to understand Smarty variables and methods, let’s first look at the Smarty library. Being a programmer probably makes you wonder how the Smarty library was built. If we look in the Smarty libs folder we can see four files: Config_File.class.php, debug.tpl, Smarty.class.php, and Smarty_Compiler.class.php.
The Config_File.class.php
file contains a class for reading Smarty configuration files from the config folder. It has four configuration variables that you can edit to suit your application. These are:
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Configuration Variable |
Application |
|---|---|
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var $overwrite = true; |
Controls whether variables with the same name overwrite each other. |
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var $booleanize = true; |
Controls whether config values of on/true/yes and off/false/no get converted to Boolean values automatically. |
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var $read_hidden = true; |
Controls whether hidden config sections/vars are read from the file. |
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var $fix_newlines = true; |
Controls whether or not to fix Mac or DOS formatted... |