fetch()
returns the template output
Description
string
fetch
string
template
string
cache_id
string
compile_id
This returns the template output instead of displaying
it. Supply a valid template resource type and path. As an
optional second parameter, you can pass a $cache id
, see the caching
section for more information.
PARAMETER.COMPILEID
<?php
use Smarty\Smarty;
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->setCaching(true);
// set a separate cache_id for each unique URL
$cache_id = md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
// capture the output
$output = $smarty->fetch('index.tpl', $cache_id);
// do something with $output here
echo $output;
?>
The email_body.tpl
template
Dear {$contact_info.name},
Welcome and thank you for signing up as a member of our user group.
Click on the link below to login with your user name
of '{$contact_info.username}' so you can post in our forums.
{$login_url}
List master
{textformat wrap=40}
This is some long-winded disclaimer text that would automatically get wrapped
at 40 characters. This helps make the text easier to read in mail programs that
do not wrap sentences for you.
{/textformat}
The php script using the PHP mail()
function
<?php
// get $contact_info from db or other resource here
$smarty->assign('contact_info',$contact_info);
$smarty->assign('login_url',"http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}/login");
mail($contact_info['email'], 'Thank You', $smarty->fetch('email_body.tpl'));
?>
See also {fetch}
display()
, {eval}
, and
templateExists()
.