{call}
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{call}

{call} is used to call a template function defined by the {function} tag just like a plugin function.

Note

Template functions are defined global. Since the Smarty compiler is a single-pass compiler, The {call} tag must be used to call a template function defined externally from the given template. Otherwise you can directly use the function as {funcname ...} in the template.

Attributes:

Attribute Name Type Required Default Description
name string Yes n/a The name of the template function
assign string No n/a The name of the variable that the output of called template function will be assigned to
[var ...] [var type] No n/a variable to pass local to template function

Option Flags:

Name Description
nocache Call the template function in nocache mode

Example 7.20. Calling a recursive menu example


{* define the function *}
{function name=menu level=0}
  <ul class="level{$level}">
  {foreach $data as $entry}
    {if is_array($entry)}
      <li>{$entry@key}</li>
      {call name=menu data=$entry level=$level+1}
    {else}
      <li>{$entry}</li>
    {/if}
  {/foreach}
  </ul>
{/function}

{* create an array to demonstrate *}
{$menu = ['item1','item2','item3' => ['item3-1','item3-2','item3-3' =>
['item3-3-1','item3-3-2']],'item4']}

{* run the array through the function *}
{call name=menu data=$menu}
{call menu data=$menu} {* short-hand *}

Will generate the following output 


* item1
* item2
* item3
      o item3-1
      o item3-2
      o item3-3
            + item3-3-1
            + item3-3-2
* item4

See also {function}

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