html_table

Attribute Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
loop	array	Yes	n/a	array of data to loop through
cols	integer	No	3	number of columns in the table
table_attr	string	No	border="1"	attributes for table tag
tr_attr	string	No	empty	attributes for tr tag (arrays are cycled)
td_attr	string	No	empty	attributes for td tag (arrays are cycled)
trailpad	string	No	* *	value to pad the trailing cells on last row with (if any)

html_table is a custom function that dumps an array of data into an HTML table. The cols attribute determines how many columns will be in the table. The table_attr, tr_attr and td_attr values determine the attributes given to the table, tr and td tags. If tr_attr or td_attr are arrays, they will be cycled through. trailpad is the value put into the trailing cells on the last table row if there are any present.

Example 8-13. html_table

index.php:

require('Smarty.php.class');
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->assign('data',array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9));
$smarty->assign('tr',array('bgcolor="#eeeeee"','bgcolor="#dddddd"'));
$smarty->display('index.tpl');

index.tpl:

{html_table loop=$data}
{html_table loop=$data cols=4 table_attrs='border="0"'}
{html_table loop=$data cols=4 tr_attrs=$tr}

OUTPUT:

<table border="1">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>9</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>