Questions tagged [smarty]
Questions relating to CiviCRM's use of the Smarty templating syntax.
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How can I include a custom template file in an email template using smarty?
Details
We would like to create a standard header and footer for our email templates. Rather than pasting the custom HTML in the top of each system email template we want to override, it would be ...
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How can I see the available tokens for message templates?
For a page in the browser, we can put &smartyDebug=1 in the URL to see variables in scope for the top level template. How can we do this for message templates?
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Can I create a custom System Workflow Message for a particular Contribution Page?
I need to create a custom system workflow message for
Contributions - Receipt (on-line)
that will be used instead of the default template when a particular contribution page is used.
I already ...
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How can I run a php script to display API response with social media information for a contact
OK so I am interested in displaying social media account information for my contacts. Attentiv.ly looks awesome but very expensive :((
So I have been investigating other options and can now ...
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How can I add/rearrange custom fields in the default contact view template?
We would like to rearrange the output of custom fields on the basic contact view page (in Drupal, /civicrm/contact/view?cid=NNNN&reset=1) in CiviCRM 4.5 on Drupal 7. Specifically, since this is a ...
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Escaping quotes in ckeditor breaks smarty-syntax
The ckeditor has the habit to escape characters like quotes or umlauts. This breaks the smarty-syntax when generating PDFs or mails.
Is there a good work-around or solution?
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How to go about making a Core Tab on the Contact Summary screen view Inline instead?
Specifically -> I'd like to see what's in the Membership Tab -> Inline instead. I'd like that table with Active Memberships printed right at the top underneath the Display Name on civicrm/contact/view?...
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Can I format a smarty token number to have thousands comma?
Based upon smarty documentation I should be able to do something like this
{contribution.total_amount|number_format:2:".":","}
and get something like 1,234.56, but it shows blank. In the logs I see:...
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Smarty tokens in postal mailing labels?
Total newbie here, but am I correct in my understanding that Smarty tokens do not function in the postal mailing label template? I have them enabled and can see them working in email and PDF letters, ...
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Smarty only generating nulls from API calls
Using the Explorer, I built up the smarty code I need for a template to pull in address information on a contact for use in an email:
{crmAPI var='result' entity='Address' action='get' contact_id=203}...
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Issue with sending html email from civicrm with Smarty
I am testing some templates with smarty and I don't succeed to send them when the email is - apparently - encoded in html.
I could send them as normal text message. I could also send html templates ...
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Smarty and future proof code
I am trying to be a more conforming civicrm coder.
Smarty used by civicrm for pages (and forms?)
I have never used Smarty.. Is it going to be part of civicrm going forward? And are there any tips ...
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Is it possible in CiviCRM to change extension of cached php files from .php to something else (e.g. .php_ or .txt)?
Is it possible in CiviCRM to change extension of cached php files from .php to something else (e.g. .php_ or .txt)? Our host (WPEngine) does not allow guest users to write to php files on production ...
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How to check if a contact has an active membership in a smarty template?
Is there a variable that one can use in smarty in a message template to simply determine if a contact has an active membership?
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How to set a id attribute to button?
I am creating a button using php pear.
Button (php code)
$this->addButtons(array(
/**
* Array for 'next' button
*/
array(
'type' => 'next',
'name' => E::ts('Next'),
...
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SMARTY error with template
I have this issue I don't understand with a civirule that should be sending an email with a .pdf attached when adding a member to a group but it's blocked by Smarty during the process of merging the ...
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How to suppress translation of months (or all fields) in receipts?
My platform: CiviCRM 5.16.3 on Drupal 7.6.7 PHP 7.2 CentOS 7.
Drupal language is English.
CiviCRM l10n installed and selected my own languange zh_TW Chinese(Taiwan).
At receipt print-outs CiviCRM ...
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Issue with CK editor <wbr> tag appearing in Token
In the CK editor, when I add a token and look at the source code, the wbr/> tags appear in the token breaking the token. I have a feeling this crept in after I enabled Smarty for email. Does anyone ...
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Smarty and Mosaico - compatibility?
Seeing a lot of smarty errors in Drupal log file for mailings using Mosaico template - looks like an error for every message sent so thousands filling log files.
Nothing obvious in Mosaico template ...
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What hook(s) can modify variables passed into Smarty templates?
Recently I needed to modify Smarty variables being passed into a template from an extension. I tried a couple of likely hooks, but neither of them seemed to provide this functionality. The templates ...
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Adding conditional content in message template for emails, but not for PDFs
I'm wondering if it's possible to add some conditional logic in my custom user-driven message template to show some content (in this case, a footer) for messages that are sent as emails, but not to ...
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How to deal with ' or (') in CKeditor
I am unable to use smarty in CKeditor because it's transforming the ' into & #39;
I couldn't find anything useful when click the configure CKEditor Button in display preferences.
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Override TPL path dynamically
Is it possible to dynamically override the .tpl file path in CiviCRM? Rather than use the corresponding TPL file to the Class.
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Custom Email Greeting token doesn't work
I've done a custom email greetings that have this structure:
{capture assign=l}{contact.preferred_language}{/capture}
{capture assign=g}{contact.gender}{/capture}
{if $l=="en_US"}Dear
{elseif $l=="...
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Contribution Note Smarty Variable
So I'm super close to getting a smarty variable working to place the contribution note in a thank you letter.
I used the API explorer and got this far:
{crmAPI var='result' entity='Note' action='...
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Thank-you letter incorrect contribution currency
My setup: CiviCRM 5.20.0 on Drupal 7.
I entered contributions in different currencies.
In Find Contributions, check some entries. At Actions select Thank-you letter print or email.
I put tokens ...
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Custom date field formatting with smarty
I'm trying to format a custom date field using smarty to send emails. What I want is to have the day of the week included, as "Wednesday, April 18, 2018". It seems that this should work:
{contact....
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Smarty code not working
Writing as a self-answered question since it may help others...
I am adding smarty code to a mail template. Including:
{capture assign=designation}{contribution.contribution_source}{/capture}
Later ...
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Is there a way to access [civicrm.files] from smarty?
I'd like to replace the default logo in my email templates ({$resourceBase}/i/civi99.png) with a URL that points to a different location where the custom logo won't be overwritten by updates. I can do ...
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1answer
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Scheduled Reminder Email is Empty
We are using CiviCRM 4.6 on a live site we built with WordPress 4.6.1. We ran into the problem explained below. Any help is much appreciated.
I have set up a scheduled reminder to send reminder ...
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How to get php $_SESSION variable inside a template
I am setting $_SESSION variable inside a payment response file and need this to display on Thank you page. Somehow nothing seems to work so far.
Tried following things:
$_SESSION['test'] = 'Hello ...
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Search Custom Template Directory first when using Smarty {include}
I'm sure this is easy but the answer has escaped me. On a drupal install CiviCRM is installed at:
/webtree/mysite/htdocs/sites/www.mysite/modules/civicrm
I have a Custom Template File directory set ...
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Add 'Non-deductible amount' to Contribution Receipt template
I am trying to add the non-deductible amount to my Automatic Contribution receipt but it is not printing the value. Any tips? I am using Civicrm 4.6.19 with Drupal 7
<tr>
<td {$...
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How do I use custom Smarty functions in a Form?
The "Extending Smarty" page at http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Extending+Smarty gives instructions for writing custom php functions and calling them from Smarty templates used in ...
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How do I pass a variable to a smarty template?
Big picture: I'm working on a module that will display view-only custom data on a specific contribution page.
Please understand, if you're not aware of this already, view-only custom data is not ...
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How to prevent Smarty secure_mode activation?
I hope my silly question will get answers from some of you...
I'm just trying to send an email using smarty basics functions such as using {php} tags and playing php in smarty tags {if strstr($email, ...
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failed to open stream after PHP upgrade to 7.3
Started getting this error on some Civi pages after upgrading PHP to 7.3 on server running php-fpm and nginx.
Works fine after restarting php-fpm but need to restart every morning to get around ...
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Smarty with CiviRules
I have a template with Smarty strings.
If I send the email from inside CiviCRM, Smarty works fine (it shows "Cher Guillaume"):
If I send the same template using a CiviRule, it doesn't work:
...
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White screen in 4.7.12
I note with the 4.7.12 version of the difficulties of implementation, particularly with queries that only lead to blank pages.
Track errors in apache located abnormalities in smarty.
I returned to ...
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Contribution confirmation page is blank
I have created a Member Sign-Up form that goes to a Contribution page with three price sets (one is always hidden with JS, so two appear). Under the Contribution Page's settings, "Use a confirmation ...
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What does undefined extension class 'Smarty_Internal_Method_Assign_By_Ref' Mean?
The new installation of CIVI works. LAMP server, shared hosting, PHP 7.2, Joomla! 3.9, etc.
When I click to go to configuration checklist, I get the error:
undefined extension class '...
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Can I include a message template within a message template [duplicate]
I know I can use {include } smarty function, can I also use that in message templates so we can have a generic template part that belongs to all other templates?
We want to use this for PDF templates
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How to use Smarty for change greetings for French?
I need to adapt Greetings in order to fit to French (which has a feminine and masculine for "Dear").
I read on the forum that I should use Smarty and read the short documentation (CiviCRM ...
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How to include smarty script with mosaico email
I used to use a name personalisation in civimail with smarty script...
{capture assign=nickname}{contact.nick_name}{/capture} Dear {if $nickname}{contact.nick_name}{else}{contact.sort_name}{/if}
I ...
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If statement involving “is not empty” in smarty template?
How do I do this in a Smarty template:
If {contact.supplemental_address_1} is not empty
then {contact.supplemental_address_1}
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Smarty contribution summary works on one site, but not another on the same server
I have burned hours on this and feel at a wall. Would appreciate some fresh eyes to shed light on new avenues of exploration.
I am using "find Contributions" to generate a list of ...
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How to use Contact name if nickname is not present in bulk mail?
I need to send an email with Nickname as first preference, if that not present then use Contact name. Cant figure out what token to use?
I have tried this but seems not rendering correctly in email:
...
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Smarty Template CMS-agnostic URL
Please can someone remind me how to create a CMS-safe URL in Smarty Templates?
Thanks
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$participant_status_id shows previous value in email template
Using version 4.6.9 on Drupal 7. I'm working on a revision to our email template for event registrants, and in our environment, it's important to distinguish between individuals who are awaiting ...
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How to include price field data in a Contribution Thank You letter
We have a need to display price field information in a contribution Thank You letter. As the token system can't handle the price set data, I've pulled the relevant Smarty code from the receipt ...
