{* this example will print out all the values of the $custid array *}
{section name=customer loop=$custid}
  id: {$custid[customer]}<br />
{/section}
<hr />
{*  print out all the values of the $custid array reversed *}
{section name=foo loop=$custid step=-1}
  {$custid[foo]}<br />
{/section}

id: 1000<br />
id: 1001<br />
id: 1002<br />
<hr />
id: 1002<br />
id: 1001<br />
id: 1000<br />

{section name=foo start=10 loop=20 step=2}
  {$smarty.section.foo.index}
{/section}
<hr />
{section name=bar loop=21 max=6 step=-2}
  {$smarty.section.bar.index}
{/section}

10 12 14 16 18
<hr />
20 18 16 14 12 10

{*
  the loop variable only determines the number of times to loop.
  you can access any variable from the template within the section.
  This example assumes that $custid, $name and $address are all
  arrays containing the same number of values
*}
{section name=customer loop=$custid}
<p>
  id: {$custid[customer]}<br />
  name: {$name[customer]}<br />
  address: {$address[customer]}
</p>
{/section}

<p>
  id: 1000<br />
  name: John Smith<br />
  address: 253 N 45th
</p>
<p>
  id: 1001<br />
  name: Jack Jones<br />
  address: 417 Mulberry ln
</p>
<p>
  id: 1002<br />
  name: Jane Munson<br />
  address: 5605 apple st
</p>

{*
  the name of the section can be anything you like,
  as it is used to reference the data within the section
*}
{section name=anything loop=$custid}
<p>
  id: {$custid[anything]}<br />
  name: {$name[anything]}<br />
  address: {$address[anything]}
</p>
{/section}

{*
  sections can be nested as deep as you like. With nested sections,
  you can access complex data structures, such as multi-dimensional
  arrays. In this example, $contact_type[customer] is an array of
  contact types for the current customer.
*}
{section name=customer loop=$custid}
<hr>
  id: {$custid[customer]}<br />
  name: {$name[customer]}<br />
  address: {$address[customer]}<br />
  {section name=contact loop=$contact_type[customer]}
    {$contact_type[customer][contact]}: {$contact_info[customer][contact]}<br />
  {/section}
{/section}

<hr>
  id: 1000<br />
  name: John Smith<br />
  address: 253 N 45th<br />
    home phone: 555-555-5555<br />
    cell phone: 666-555-5555<br />
    e-mail: john@myexample.com<br />
<hr>
  id: 1001<br />
  name: Jack Jones<br />
  address: 417 Mulberry ln<br />
    home phone: 123-456-4<br />
    web: www.example.com<br />
<hr>
  id: 1002<br />
  name: Jane Munson<br />
  address: 5605 apple st<br />
    cell phone: 0457878<br />

{*
   This is an example of printing an associative array
   of data within a section
*}
{section name=customer loop=$contacts}
<p>
  name: {$contacts[customer].name}<br />
  home: {$contacts[customer].home}<br />
  cell: {$contacts[customer].cell}<br />
  e-mail: {$contacts[customer].email}
</p>
{/section}

<p>
  name: John Smith<br />
  home: 555-555-5555<br />
  cell: 666-555-5555<br />
  e-mail: john@myexample.com
</p>
<p>
  name: Jack Jones<br />
  home phone: 777-555-5555<br />
  cell phone: 888-555-5555<br />
  e-mail: jack@myexample.com
</p>
<p>
  name: Jane Munson<br />
  home phone: 000-555-5555<br />
  cell phone: 123456<br />
  e-mail: jane@myexample.com
</p>

{*
   output database result in a table
*}
<table>
<tr><th>&nbsp;</th><th>Name></th><th>Home</th><th>Cell</th><th>Email</th></tr>
{section name=co loop=$contacts}
  <tr>
    <td><a href="view.php?id={$contacts[co].id}">view<a></td>
    <td>{$contacts[co].name}</td>
    <td>{$contacts[co].home}</td>
    <td>{$contacts[co].cell}</td>
    <td>{$contacts[co].email}</td>
  <tr>
{/section}
</table>

{* sectionelse will execute if there are no $custid values *}
{section name=customer loop=$custid}
  id: {$custid[customer]}<br />
{sectionelse}
  there are no values in $custid.
{/section}