Smarty - Handy Snippets

dev_smarty_cheatsheat.txt

## Grabbing a dispatch from CS-Cart
{if $smarty.request.dispatch == 'index.index'}

## Grabbing user group from CS-Cart
{$auth.usergroup_ids[2]}

## Admin user condition from CS-Cart
## $_SESSION prob isnt available, so $auth works instead
{if $auth.user_id && $auth.user_type == 'A'}

## At controller use $_SESSION
if ($_SESSION['auth']['user_id'] && $_SESSION['auth']['user_type'] == 'A')

## Set up a function in init (ie func.php) to return an array. Encode the json at smarty side:
{fn_something()|@json_encode nofilter}

## To use args, for some reason, you must use the numerical code. The following would use the JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES arg
## http://stackoverflow.com/a/27806269/2418655
{fn_something()|@json_encode:64 nofilter}