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Hi,

I wrote some code to call in links to my page depending on what value is in the Extra Attribute. (Hope that makes sense). I am not very good with smarty, and was wondering if there was a more concise way to write the below code. There will be about 6 or so assigned variables in total. Would it be in an array? I am not sure how to write an array for something like this.

<!--Variables-->
{assign var="foo" value="foo-links"}
{assign var="bar" value="bar-links"}
{assign var="baz" value="baz-links"}
...etc
<--Statements-->
{if {page_attr key='extra1'} == 'Foo'}{menu template="quick" childrenof=$foo show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}{/if}
{if {page_attr key='extra1'} == 'Bar'}{menu template="quick" childrenof=$bar show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}{/if}
{if {page_attr key='extra1'} == 'Baz'}{menu template="quick" childrenof=$baz show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}{/if}
...etc

Thank you in advance.

to reduce some code, you could set the value of extra1 to the value needed in menu statement.

perhaps for use in 2.0, in short hand

I would have to set that up like below? Is this correct? (I haven't updated to 2.0 yet)

{page_attr key='extra1' assign=foo}
{page_attr key='extra1' assign=bar}
{page_attr key='extra1' assign=baz}

{if !empty($foo)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$foo show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{elseif !empty($bar)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$bar show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{elseif !empty($baz)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$baz show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{/if}

{page_attr key='extra1' assign=foo}
{page_attr key='extra1' assign=bar}
{page_attr key='extra1' assign=baz}

{if !empty($foo)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$foo show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{elseif !empty($bar)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$bar show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{elseif !empty($baz)}
{menu template="quick" childrenof=$baz show_root_siblings="1" collapse="1"}
{/if}

No, your example assigns the extra1 three times using different variable names. if $foo is empty, so will be $bar and $baz.
Assuming that you use extra1 for nothing else but the above purpose (creating a menu), my previous post should be all you need. Rolf's suggestion adds a scope to the assigned variable. Depending on where you test for $foo, the scope may be necessary. if you use extra1 for other things you may need to expand your test, e.g. {if !empty($foo) && $foo != 'myotherpurpose'}

Thank you! Now I get it, and this works great. Thanks again.

I know this is completely wrong, but for the menu, is there a way to write something like: childrenof=$foo+'-links'

try:

Of course. Thanks. I always forget the braces.