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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>display() — displays the template</p>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Description">
<a name="id3099805"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<code class="methodsynopsis"><span class="type">void </span><span class="methodname">display</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string </span><span class="parameter">template</span></span>,<br> <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string </span><span class="parameter">cache_id</span></span>,<br> <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string </span><span class="parameter">compile_id</span></span>);</code><p>
This displays the template unlike
<a class="link" href="api.fetch.html" title="fetch()"><code class="varname">fetch()</code></a>.
Supply a valid <a class="link" href="template.resources.html" title="Resources">template resource</a>
type and path. As an optional second parameter, you can pass a
<em class="parameter"><code>$cache id</code></em>, see the
<a class="link" href="caching.html" title="Chapter 14. Caching">caching section</a> for more information.
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As an optional third parameter, you can pass a
<em class="parameter"><code>$compile_id</code></em>.
This is in the event that you want to compile different versions of
the same template, such as having separate templates compiled
for different languages. Another use for
<em class="parameter"><code>$compile_id</code></em> is when you use more than one
<a class="link" href="api.variables.html#variable.template.dir" title="$template_dir"><em class="parameter"><code>$template_dir</code></em></a>
but only one
<a class="link" href="variable.compile.dir.html" title="$compile_dir"><em class="parameter"><code>$compile_dir</code></em></a>.
Set a separate <em class="parameter"><code>$compile_id</code></em> for each
<a class="link" href="api.variables.html#variable.template.dir" title="$template_dir"><em class="parameter"><code>$template_dir</code></em></a>,
otherwise templates of the same name will overwrite each other. You can
also set the <a class="link" href="variable.compile.id.html" title="$compile_id">
<em class="parameter"><code>$compile_id</code></em></a> variable once instead of passing
this to each call to this function.
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<a name="id3100588"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 13.12. display()</b></p>
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<?php
include(SMARTY_DIR.'Smarty.class.php');
$smarty = new Smarty();
$smarty->caching = true;
// only do db calls if cache doesn't exist
if(!$smarty->is_cached('index.tpl')) {
// dummy up some data
$address = '245 N 50th';
$db_data = array(
'City' => 'Lincoln',
'State' => 'Nebraska',
'Zip' => '68502'
);
$smarty->assign('Name', 'Fred');
$smarty->assign('Address', $address);
$smarty->assign('data', $db_data);
}
// display the output
$smarty->display('index.tpl');
?>
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<a name="id3100634"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 13.13. Other display() template resource examples</b></p>
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Use the syntax for <a class="link" href="template.resources.html" title="Resources">template resources</a> to
display files outside of the
<a class="link" href="api.variables.html#variable.template.dir" title="$template_dir">
<em class="parameter"><code>$template_dir</code></em></a> directory.
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<?php
// absolute filepath
$smarty->display('/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl');
// absolute filepath (same thing)
$smarty->display('file:/usr/local/include/templates/header.tpl');
// windows absolute filepath (MUST use "file:" prefix)
$smarty->display('file:C:/www/pub/templates/header.tpl');
// include from template resource named "db"
$smarty->display('db:header.tpl');
?>
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See also <a class="link" href="api.fetch.html" title="fetch()"><code class="varname">fetch()</code></a> and
<a class="link" href="api.template.exists.html" title="template_exists()"><code class="varname">template_exists()</code></a>.
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