Smarty, functions and $smarty->assign

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Can someone quickly demonstrate how i would edit the below code to use a function. When i try to use functions i cannot select my template variables from within the function.

 

Without the function i can use the following without a problem

 

$smarty->assign("postdate", $date);
	$smarty->assign("title", $title);
	$smarty->assign("author", $author);
	$smarty->assign("authorid",$profileid);
	$smarty->assign("content",$news);
	$smarty->assign("id",$id);

 

However, with a function the $smarty->assign cannot access the variables. How do i change either the assign path or the function so it can look inside my function get the relevant information.

 

Full code

 

function newfunction() {
global $dbc;
$query = "SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT 5";
	$result = mysql_query ($query);
	while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result))
	{
		$date[] = $row['postdate'];        
		$title[] = $row['title'];

		if ($row['newsinbrief'] == NULL) 
		{
			$news[] = $row['newstext'];
		} 
		else 
		{
			$news[] = $row['newsinbrief'];
		}

		$author[] = $row['author'];
		$profileid[] = $row['author_id']; 
		$id[] = $row['id'];

		include_once("../textilephp/Textile.php");
		$text[] = $news;
		$textile = new Textile;
		$processednews[] = $textile->process($text);	
	}
}
	$smarty->assign("postdate", $date);
	$smarty->assign("title", $title);
	$smarty->assign("author", $author);
	$smarty->assign("authorid",$profileid);
	$smarty->assign("content",$news);
	$smarty->assign("id",$id);

	$smarty->display('indexmain.tpl');