How to assign an array within a smarty template file?
I was wondering if it was possible to assign an array to a variable within a Smarty template file? I have tried this {assign var='file' value = array('dir','doc','exe')} But when I print out the array it produces this: array(\'dir\',\'doc\',\'exe\') How can I stop Smarty escaping the array values? Thanks in advance {php} $this->assign("array", array('dir','doc','exe')); {/php} {foreach from=$array item=item} {$item} {/foreach} From Smarty v.3 new syntax is available {$array = ['item1','item2',$item3]} see for more details : http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.syntax.variables.tpl I just