How do you increment an assigned variable in smarty without displaying it

Question

So I have an assigned variable in smarty:

{assign var=number value=0}

Now I can increment it using

{$number++}

Answer 1

It's cleaner just to do it like this...

{$number = $number +1}

Answer 2

If I had to do this I would do something like the following: {php}$number++{/php} but it is very ugly to have to use php in a smarty template. This might suggest that there is a better way of doing what you planned to do.

Answer 3

Better to use the built in Smarty "counter" >> {counter} element.

So, in template you can use:

<div>Some text, html code, whatever... </div>
{* init the counter! *}
{counter start=0 print=false} {* now the tpl doesn't show the "0" number *}


{* 3x run :D *}
{some_cyclic_stuff_like_foreach_or_section}
    Run the counter: {counter}
{/some_cyclic_stuff_like_foreach_or_section}

It will print for you:

Run the counter: 1
Run the counter: 2
Run the counter: 3

So, at least, you can use it with the print=false option, and you have the counter but it's hidden.

If you use it the "variable way" (like the upper section write) you also can hide it with html/css or just simply don't let it print :)

Answer 4

You could do this:

{assign var=val value=1}
{assign var=val value=$val+1}
{$val} // displays 2

The above will be compiled to:

$this->assign('val', 1);
$this->assign('val', $this->_tpl_vars['val']+1);
echo $this->_tpl_vars['val'];

or

{assign var=var value=1}
{capture assign=var}{$var+1}{/capture}
{$var} // displays 2

Which in turn will be compiled as:

$this->assign('var', 1);
ob_start();
echo $this->_tpl_vars['var']+1;
$this->_smarty_vars['capture']['default'] = ob_get_contents();
$this->assign('var', ob_get_contents());
ob_end_clean();
echo $this->_tpl_vars['var'];

another approach would be to write a small plugin:

// plugins/function.inc.php
function smarty_function_inc($params, Smarty &$smarty)
{
   $params['step'] = empty($params['step']) ? 1 : intval($params['step']);

   if (empty($params['var'])) {
      trigger_error("inc: missing 'var' parameter");
      return;
   }
   if (!in_array($params['var'], array_keys($smarty->_tpl_vars))) {
      trigger_error("inc: trying to increment unassigned variable ".$params['var']);
      return;
   }
   if (isset($smarty->_tpl_vars[$params['var']])) {
      $smarty->assign($params['var'],
      $smarty->_tpl_vars[$params['var']] + $params['step']);
   }
}

The function would then be called like this, notice that step is optional and if not given the variable will be incremented by one:

{assign var=var value=0}
{inc var=var step=2}
{$var} // displays 2

Reference
Smarty {assign}
Smarty {capture}
Extending Smarty With Plugins