Question

Usually I retrieve and return data from a database like this:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
$res = mysql_query($sql);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
    echo  $row['id'];
    echo  $row['name'];
}

But how to return the data using Smarty?
I think, I have to assign $row:

$smarty->assign('row', $row);
$smarty->display('search.tpl');

But I’m not sure how to actually display it. This doesn’t work:

{foreach from=$row item=item}
     {$item}
{/foreach}

Answer 1

You should use {$row.id} and {$row.name} in your template (without foreach).

Upd. If you want to get all rows:

$rows = array();
while ($rows[] = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {}
$smarty->assign('rows', $rows);

In template:

{foreach from=$rows item=row}
     {$row.name}
{/foreach}