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Expression for variables in Smarty

I am working with smarty templates in PHP and I would like to know if there is a short expression for this:

{if isset($data.name)}{$data.name}{/if}

such as in php we have:

<?= $data->name?? '' ?>

I want a form field to hold the data when it does not pass a validation, like this:

<input type="text" id="inputName" name="name" placeholder="Name" autofocus value="{if isset($data.name)}{$data.name}{/if}">

Thanks in advance and best regards

Solution

  • you can use the default modifier to achieve a similar result to the null coalescing operator:

    <input type="text" id="inputName" name="name" placeholder="Name" autofocus value="{$data.name|default:''}">