Chapter 3. Basic Syntax

All Smarty template tags are enclosed within delimiters. By default, these delimiters are { and }, but they can be changed.

For these examples, we will assume that you are using the default delimiters. In Smarty, all content outside of delimiters is displayed as static content, or unchanged. When Smarty encounters template tags, it attempts to interpret them, and displays the appropriate output in their place.

{* Smarty *}

{* include the header file here *}
{include file="header.tpl"}

{include file=$includeFile}

{include file=#includeFile#}

{* display dropdown lists *}
<SELECT name=company>
{html_options values=$vals selected=$selected output=$output}
</SELECT>