I have a serialized XML document in an associative array using
XML_Serializer. Due to the use of namespaces, many of the elements in
the document use a colon ( within the name. Since the names are
stored as the array key, this causes problems with smarty.

How do I reference a variable such as this within smarty:
$array['xlink:href'] ?

When I attempt to use the correct syntax {$array.xlink:href} I get the
following error:
syntax error: unrecognized tag

Any ideas?

Thanks
Andrew

http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-for...pic.php?t=6227

same goes for colons.

Andrew Nagy wrote:

> I have a serialized XML document in an associative array using
> XML_Serializer. Due to the use of namespaces, many of the elements in
> the document use a colon ( within the name. Since the names are
> stored as the array key, this causes problems with smarty.
>
> How do I reference a variable such as this within smarty:
> $array['xlink:href'] ?
>
> When I attempt to use the correct syntax {$array.xlink:href} I get the
> following error:
> syntax error: unrecognized tag
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>

Maybe the documentation should be changed to indicate these facts ??

pete


Monte Ohrt wrote:
> http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-for...pic.php?t=6227
>
> same goes for colons.
>
> Andrew Nagy wrote:
>
>> I have a serialized XML document in an associative array using
>> XML_Serializer. Due to the use of namespaces, many of the elements in
>> the document use a colon ( within the name. Since the names are
>> stored as the array key, this causes problems with smarty.
>>
>> How do I reference a variable such as this within smarty:
>> $array['xlink:href'] ?
>>
>> When I attempt to use the correct syntax {$array.xlink:href} I get the
>> following error:
>> syntax error: unrecognized tag
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andrew
>>

--- Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com> wrote:
> Maybe the documentation should be changed to indicate these facts ??

Why? Recognized variable syntax is already described succinctly:
http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/lang....variables.php

I see no need to start listing all the things that aren't legal in addition to
saying what *is* legal. The real problem is that no matter what we put in the
manual, people still won't read it.

boots

> pete
>
>
> Monte Ohrt wrote:
> > http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-for...pic.php?t=6227
> >
> > same goes for colons.
> >
> > Andrew Nagy wrote:
> >
> >> I have a serialized XML document in an associative array using
> >> XML_Serializer. Due to the use of namespaces, many of the elements in
> >> the document use a colon ( within the name. Since the names are
> >> stored as the array key, this causes problems with smarty.
> >>
> >> How do I reference a variable such as this within smarty:
> >> $array['xlink:href'] ?
> >>
> >> When I attempt to use the correct syntax {$array.xlink:href} I get the
> >> following error:
> >> syntax error: unrecognized tag
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Andrew
> >>


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> --- Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com> wrote:
> > Maybe the documentation should be changed to indicate these facts ??
>
> Why? Recognized variable syntax is already described succinctly:
> http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/lang....variables.php
>
> I see no need to start listing all the things that aren't legal in
addition to
> saying what *is* legal. The real problem is that no matter what we put in
the
> manual, people still won't read it.
>

I read it all the time. : )

Robert