smarty help (include()/require())

[alco19357]

is it at all possible to do like:

$smarty->assign('asdf', "{include file='smarty/source/templates/header.tpl'}");

 

or

 

$smarty->assign('header', include("smarty/source/templates/header.tpl"));

 

 

I need this for a site that will have different possibilities on creating templates on the fly. It can have up to 3 columns which are dynamic (one for steps, one for form, one for shopping cart contents).. its a shopping cart obviously.

 

I need to use assign because I cannot hardcode it into the tpl like {include ...}. it needs to look like this in tpl...: {$header} and that will dynamically include/require the header.tpl file.

 

thank you for your help in advance!

Alex

[ce3c]

Well, i guess $smarty->assign("header", $smarty->fetch("header.tpl")); would do that...