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Updated calls to current Smarty API (register_function()/register_modifier()/register_block() -> registerPlugin(); assign_by_ref() -> assignByRef()). Fixed file includes in templates with quotes. Removed SmartyValidate.class.php includes. Still work in progress as some errors still appear!
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Config Files {#config.files}
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Config files are handy for designers to manage global template variables
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from one file. One example is template colors. Normally if you wanted to
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change the color scheme of an application, you would have to go through
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each and every template file and change the colors. With a config file,
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the colors can be kept in one place, and only one file needs to be
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updated.
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# global variables
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pageTitle = "Main Menu"
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bodyBgColor = #000000
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tableBgColor = #000000
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rowBgColor = #00ff00
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[Customer]
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pageTitle = "Customer Info"
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[Login]
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pageTitle = "Login"
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focus = "username"
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Intro = """This is a value that spans more
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than one line. you must enclose
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it in triple quotes."""
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# hidden section
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[.Database]
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host=my.example.com
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db=ADDRESSBOOK
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user=php-user
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pass=foobar
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Values of [config file variables](./language-variables/language-config-variables.md) can be in
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quotes, but not necessary. You can use either single or double quotes.
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If you have a value that spans more than one line, enclose the entire
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value with triple quotes (\"\"\"). You can put comments into config
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files by any syntax that is not a valid config file syntax. We recommend
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using a `
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#` (hash) at the beginning of the line.
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The example config file above has two sections. Section names are
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enclosed in \[brackets\]. Section names can be arbitrary strings not
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containing `[` or `]` symbols. The four variables at the top are global
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variables, or variables not within a section. These variables are always
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loaded from the config file. If a particular section is loaded, then the
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global variables and the variables from that section are also loaded. If
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a variable exists both as a global and in a section, the section
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variable is used. If you name two variables the same within a section,
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the last one will be used unless
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[`$config_overwrite`](../programmers/api-variables/variable-config-overwrite.md) is disabled.
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Config files are loaded into templates with the built-in template
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function [`
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{config_load}`](./language-builtin-functions/language-function-config-load.md) or the API
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[`configLoad()`](../programmers/api-functions/api-config-load.md) function.
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You can hide variables or entire sections by prepending the variable
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name or section name with a period(.) eg `[.hidden]`. This is useful if
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your application reads the config files and gets sensitive data from
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them that the template engine does not need. If you have third parties
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doing template editing, you can be certain that they cannot read
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sensitive data from the config file by loading it into the template.
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Config files (or resources) are loaded by the same resource facilities
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as templates. That means that a config file can also be loaded from a db
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`$smarty->configLoad("db:my.conf")`.
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See also [`{config_load}`](./language-builtin-functions/language-function-config-load.md),
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[`$config_overwrite`](../programmers/api-variables/variable-config-overwrite.md),
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[`$default_config_handler_func`](../programmers/api-variables/variable-default-config-handler-func.md),
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[`getConfigVars()`](../programmers/api-functions/api-get-config-vars.md),
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[`clearConfig()`](../programmers/api-functions/api-clear-config.md) and
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[`configLoad()`](../programmers/api-functions/api-config-load.md)
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