Question

I am new to smarty and I am trying to get my assigned variable $dropcat to work – I can print_r out this array fine.

When I use the following method nothing displays why?

{foreach  from=$dropcat item=cat}
      <select name="{$cat.id}" multiple>
        <option value="{$cat.id}">{$cat.name}</option>
      </select>
      {/foreach} 

Answer 1

your code should be something like:

PHP

// other stuff, instance etc
print_r($dropcat);
$smarty->assign('dropcat',$dropcat);
$smarty->display('yourhtml.tpl');

TPL

<select name="category" multiple>
{foreach from=$dropcat item='cat'}
   <option value="{$cat.id}">{$cat.name}</option>
{/foreach}
</select>

Note foreach inside select and assign in php code.

If still nothing appear, try to clear smarty cache, or your other project cache if any.