Include PHP-file in Smarty

I’m teaching myself PHP and Smarty these days, and today I ran across a common problem:

«How do I include a PHP-file – or execute PHP-code – when using the Smarty template engine?»

After banging my head against the wall for a couple of hours, I finally found the solution. To include a PHP-file in a Smarty template, use the following code:

{include_php file=”/path/to/somefile.php”}

You can also use the following code to run and/or execute PHP-code within Smarty:

{php}
include(“includes/myname.php”);
{/php}

Hope this blog post helps some poor soul one day… Keep hacking.

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