How to Debug Variables in Smarty like in PHP var_dump()

Question

I have some variables inside a template and I don\'t know where I assigned them. I need to know what is inside a particular variable; for instance, say I have a variable in

Answer 1

try this .... Set $debugging to TRUE in Smarty.

Answer 2

In new Smarty it is:

<pre>
{var_dump($variable)}
</pre>

Answer 3

This should work:

{$var|@print_r}

or

{$var|@var_dump}

The @ is needed for arrays to make smarty run the modifier against the whole thing, otherwise it does it for each element.

Answer 4

just use {debug} in your .tpl and look at your sourcecode

Answer 5

I prefer to use <script>console.log({$varname|@json_encode})</script> to log to the console.

Answer 6

You can use {php} tags

Method 1 (won't work in Smarty 3.1 or later):

{php}

$var =
$this->get_template_vars('var');
var_dump($var);

{/php}

Method 2:

{$var|@print_r}

Method 3:

{$var|@var_dump}