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Variables that are loaded from the
<a class="link" href="config.files.html" title="Chapter 9. Config Files">config files</a>
are referenced by enclosing them within <code class="literal">#hash marks#</code>,
or with the smarty variable
<a class="link" href="language.variables.smarty.html#language.variables.smarty.config" title="{$smarty.config}">
<em class="parameter"><code>$smarty.config</code></em></a>.
The later syntax is useful for embedding into quoted attribute values.
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<a name="id3029724"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.6. config variables</b></p>
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Example config file - <code class="filename">foo.conf</code>:
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pageTitle = "This is mine"
bodyBgColor = '#eeeeee'
tableBorderSize = 3
tableBgColor = "#bbbbbb"
rowBgColor = "#cccccc"
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A template demonstrating the <em class="parameter"><code>#hash#</code></em> method:
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{config_load file='foo.conf'}
<html>
<title>{#pageTitle#}</title>
<body bgcolor="{#bodyBgColor#}">
<table border="{#tableBorderSize#}" bgcolor="{#tableBgColor#}">
<tr bgcolor="{#rowBgColor#}">
<td>First</td>
<td>Last</td>
<td>Address</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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A template demonstrating the
<a class="link" href="language.variables.smarty.html#language.variables.smarty.config" title="{$smarty.config}">
<em class="parameter"><code>$smarty.config</code></em></a> method:
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{config_load file='foo.conf'}
<html>
<title>{$smarty.config.pageTitle}</title>
<body bgcolor="{$smarty.config.bodyBgColor}">
<table border="{$smarty.config.tableBorderSize}" bgcolor="{$smarty.config.tableBgColor}">
<tr bgcolor="{$smarty.config.rowBgColor}">
<td>First</td>
<td>Last</td>
<td>Address</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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Both examples would output:
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<html>
<title>This is mine</title>
<body bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<table border="3" bgcolor="#bbbbbb">
<tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td>First</td>
<td>Last</td>
<td>Address</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
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Config file variables cannot be used until
after they are loaded in from a config file. This procedure is
explained later in this document under
<a class="link" href="language.function.config.load.html" title="{config_load}">
<code class="varname">{config_load}</code></a>.
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See also <a class="link" href="language.syntax.variables.html" title="Variables">variables</a> and
<a class="link" href="language.variables.smarty.html" title="{$smarty} reserved variable">$smarty reserved
variables</a>
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