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+2.5.0
+-----
+
+Very minor adjustments since RC2, see the NEWS file for details.
+
+2.5.0-RC2
+---------
+
+Many fixes since the RC1 release. This one is as close to production quality as
+they come, so this will be the last release before 2.5.0. The SGML documentation
+files have also been removed from the tarball. If you want them, get them from
+the CVS repository.
+
+2.5.0-RC1
+---------
+
+Release Candidate 1. All $smarty vars can now be dynamic, such as
+$smarty.get.$foo. A new class function get_function_object() gets you a
+reference to an assigned object, useful within your own custom functions.
+append() can now merge as well as append with a third optional attribute. A new
+class function get_config_vars() was added, and get_template_vars() can now be
+used to get individual vars. Full variable syntax is now supported within
+double quotes via a backtick (`) syntax. Files created by smarty are now
+written to a tmp file then renamed to avoid file lock retention. html_radios,
+html_checkboxes, html_table, html_image, nl2br functions added, see the NEWS
+file for full details.
+
+2.4.2
+-----
+Another point release. Added support for dynamic object reference syntax
+($foo->$bar), support for full variable syntax within quotes ("$foo[0].bar"),
+and other minor fixes. See the NEWS file for full details.
+
+2.4.1
+-----
+
+This is basically a point release, cleaning up a few things caught
+in the 2.4.0 release. See the NEWS file for full details.
+
+2.4.0
+-----
+
+Smarty now supports the ability to access objects within the templates. Two
+methods are available, one which closely follows Smartys conventions, and
+another that follows more traditional object syntax for those familiar with
+PHP.
+
+The internal compiling engine has also undergone some major work. The regex
+parsing was rewritten to be much more strict, more secure and more
+maintainable. Config files are now compiled, which can speed up pages quite a
+bit that use config files extensively. Assigned variables are no longer
+extracted to PHP namespace, saving an extract call for every template. There is
+now support for applying modifiers to static values and functions. You can now
+access constants with $smarty.const.VAR. See the NEWS file for complete
+changes.
+
+2.3.1
+-----
+
+The mtime on compiled files will now match the source files, in the case where
+the source file may not get the current timestamp, recompiling will still work
+as expected. Proper support for open_basedir has been added, so Smarty should
+work correctly in safe mode. Added a few new features such as textformat block
+function, strip variable modifier and optgroup support for html_options. Also
+other minor bug fixes, see the Change Log.
+
+2.3.0
+-----
+
+Smarty now has a {debug} template function that brings up the debugging console
+right where {debug} is called, regardless of $debugging settings. This works a
+little different than turning on $debugging in the sense that it shows all the
+template variables available at the time {debug} is called, including local
+scope vars. It does not show the templates names however, since this
+executed during runtime of the template.
+
+You can now supply an expire time when clearing cache or compile files. This is
+mostly useful for removing stale files via the API.
+
+Plugins now stop execution upon error, instead of outputting a warning and
+continuing.
+
+Two new API functions, assign_by_ref() and append_by_ref() were added. They
+allow assigning template variables by reference. This can make a significant
+performance gain, especially if you are assigning large arrays of data. PHP 5.0
+will do this implicitly, so these functions are basically workarounds.
+
+Several misc bug fixes, see the Change Log for information.
+
+
+2.2.0
+-----
+
+Smarty now allows an array of paths for the $plugin_dir class variable. The
+directories will be searched in the order they are given, so for efficiency keep
+the most-used plugins at the top. Also, absolute paths to the plugin directories are
+more efficient than relying on the PHP include_path.
+
+Cache files can now be grouped with the cache_id. See the documentation under
+the new "Caching" section for details. compile_id also respects the same
+grouping syntax. The cache/compile file structure changed, so be sure to clear
+out all your cache and compile files when upgrading Smarty. Also if you are
+using PHP-accelerator, restart apache. I've seen some quirky things happen if
+the phpa files do not get cleared (known issue with phpa and parent
+class-member changes, so just clear 'em.)
+
+Smarty now correctly respects the PHP include_path for $template_dir, $compile_dir,
+$cache_dir, $config_dir and $plugin_dir. Be aware that relying on the
+include_path is an overhead, try to use absolute pathnames when possible
+(or relative to working directory.)
+
+Documentation has been updated and rearranged a bit. Most notably, the
+installation instructions are completely revamped, and a new Caching section
+explains Smarty's caching in detail along with the new grouping functionality.
+
+Many misc. bug fixes and enhancements, see the full ChangeLog (NEWS file) for
+details.
+
+2.1.1
+-----
+
+There was a bug with template paths and the include_path, this has been fixed.
+Also register_outputfilter() did not work, this is fixed. A new template
+function named "cycle" has been added to the distribution, nice for cycling
+through a list (or array) of values.
+
+2.1.0
+-----
+
+This release has quite a few new features and fixes. Most notable are the
+introduction of block functions, so you can write plugins that work on a block
+of text with {func}{/func} notation. Also output filters were added, so you can
+apply a function against the output of your templates. This differs from the
+postfilter function, which works on the compiled template at compile time, and
+output filters work on the template output at runtime.
+
+Many other features and bug fixes are noted in the NEWS file.
+
+
+2.0.1
+-----
+
+This is a point release, fixing a few bugs and cleaning things up. A plugin
+was renamed, the dash "-" was removed from compiled template and cached file
+names. If you're upgrading, you might want to clear them out first. See the
+ChangeLog for details.
+
+2.0.0
+-----
+
+This release is a huge milestone for Smarty. Most notable new things are a
+plugin architecture, removal of PEAR dependency, and optimizations that
+drastically improve the performance of Smarty in most cases.
+
+The plugin architecture allows modifiers, custom functions, compiler functions,
+prefilters, postfilters, resources, and insert functions to be added by
+simply dropping a file into the plugins directory. Once dropped in, they are
+automatically registered by the template engine. This makes user-contributed
+plugins easy to manage, as well as the internal workings of Smarty easy to
+control and customize. This new architecture depends on the __FILE__ constant,
+which contains the full path to the executing script. Some older versions of
+PHP incorrectly gave the script name and not the full filesystem path. Be sure
+your version of PHP populates __FILE__ correctly. If you use custom template
+resource functions, the format of these changed with the plugin architecture.
+Be sure to update your functions accordingly. See the template resource section
+of the documentation.
+
+The PEAR dependancy was removed from Smarty. The Config_File class that comes
+with Smarty was actually what needed PEAR for error handling which Smarty didn't
+use, but now everything is self-contained.
+
+Performance improvements are graphed on the benchmark page, you will see that
+overall performance has been sped up by as much as 80% in some cases.
+
+Smarty-cached pages now support If-Modified-Since headers, meaning that if a
+cached template page has not changed since the last request, a "304 Not
+Modified" header will be sent instead of resending the same page. This is
+disabled by default, change the setting of $cache_modified_check.
+
+
+1.5.2
+-----
+
+Mostly bug fixes, added a default template resource handler.
+
+
+1.5.1
+-----
+
+Critical bug fix release. If you use caching, you'll need to upgrade.
+
+
+1.5.0
+-----
+
+Several feature enhancements were made to this version, most notably the
+{foreach ...} command which is an alternative to {section ...} with an easier
+syntax for looping through a single array of values. Several functions were
+enhanced so that the output can be automatically assigned to a template
+variable instead of displayed (assign attribute). Cache files can now be
+controlled with a custom function as an alternative to the built-in file based
+method. Many code cleanups and bug fixed went into this release as well.
+
+
+1.4.6
+-----
+
+The behavior with caching and compile_check has been slightly enhanced. If
+caching is enabled AND compile_check is enabled, the cache will immediately get
+regenerated if _any_ involved template or config file is updated. This imposes
+a slight performance hit because it must check all the files for changes, so be
+sure to run live sites with caching enabled and compile_check disabled for best
+performance. If you update a template or config file, simply turn on
+compile_check, load the page, then turn it back off. This will update the cache
+file with the new content. This is accomplished by maintaining a list of
+included/loaded templates and config files at the beginning of the cache file.
+Therefore it is advisable to remove all cache files after upgrading to 1.4.6
+(although not absolutely necessary, old cache files will regenerate)
+
+The debug console now has script timing and array values printed. You MUST
+update your debug.tpl file with this version of Smarty. Also, the new debug.tpl
+will not work with older versions of Smarty.
+
+
+1.4.5
+-----
+
+Mostly bug fixes and minor improvements. Added compile id for separate compiled
+versions of the same script. The directory format and filename convention for
+the files in templates_c has changed, so you may want to remove all of the
+existing ones before you upgrade.
+
+
+1.4.4
+-----
+
+A few bug fixes, new section looping attributes and properties, debugging
+console function for control via URL, and overLib integration and access
+to request variables from within the template.
+
+
+1.4.3
+-----
+
+This release has a few bug fixes and several enhancements. Smarty now supports
+template security for third-party template editing. These features disallow the
+ability for someone to execute commands or PHP code from the template language.
+Smarty also now has a built-in debugging console, which is a javascript pop-up
+window that displays all the included template names and assigned variables.
+
+
+1.4.2
+-----
+
+This was mostly one bug fix with variable scoping within included templates
+and a few documentation changes and updates. See the ChangeLog file for full
+details.
+
+
+1.4.1
+-----
+
+It seems that the EX_LOCK logic from the previous release didn't fix all the
+problems with windows platforms. Hopefully this one does. It basically
+disables file locking on windows, so there is a potential that two programs
+could write over the same file at the same time, fyi.
+
+The reset is minor bug fixes, please refer to the ChangeLog file.
+
+
+1.4.0
+-----
+
+IMPORTANT NOTICE
+
+Smarty now has a new syntax for accessing elements within section loops. The
+new syntax is easier to use and nicely handles data structures of any
+complexity. Consequently, this breaks the old syntax.
+
+Here is an example of the syntax change:
+
+old syntax:
+{$sec1/sec2/sec3/customer.phone}
+
+new syntax:
+{$customer[$sec1][$sec2][$sec3].phone}
+
+The section names used to come first, followed by the variable name. Now the
+variable name always comes first, followed by the section names in brackets.
+You can access variable indexes anywhere, depending on how you passed the
+variables in.
+
+To fix your current templates, we have provided a script that will adjust the
+syntax for you. Located in misc/fix_vars.php, run this script from the the
+command line, giving each template as an argument. Be sure to use absolute
+pathnames, or pathnames relative to the executing script. Probably the easiest
+way to do this is to copy the fix_vars.php script into your template directory
+and run 'php -q fix_vars.php *.tpl' Be sure you have proper write permission,
+and backup your scripts first to be safe! The examples in the 1.4.0
+documentation have been updated to reflect the changes.
+
+cd /path/to/templates
+cp /path/to/fix_vars.php .
+find . -name "*.tpl" -exec php -q ./fix_vars.php {} \;
+
+NEW AND IMPROVED COMPILATION PROCESS
+
+Smarty 1.4.0 also has a new compilation process. Instead of compiling all the
+templates up front, it now compiles them at runtime. This has several
+advantages. First of all, there is no longer a need to have a single template
+directory. You can now have arbitrary template sources, such as multiple
+directories or even database calls. This also speeds the performance of Smarty
+when $compile_check is enabled, since it is only checking the template that is
+being executed instead of everything found in the template directory. The
+$tpl_file_ext is no longer needed, but kept for backward compatability.
+Templates can now be named anything you like with any extension.
+
+MINOR FIXES
+
+A workaround for LOCK_EX on Windows systems was added, and changed a couple of
+file permissions for better security on public servers.
+
+$show_info_header is now defaulted to false instead of true. This header causes
+problems when displaying content other than HTML, so now you must explicitly
+set this flag to true to show the header information (or change the default in
+your copy of Smarty.)
+
+Documentation is written in docbook format. I updated the docbook -> HTML
+generating software & style-sheets, and consequently the examples are no longer
+in a different background color. If anyone wants to contribute a better
+stylesheet or help with documentation, drop me a line. <monte@ispi.net>
+
+CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS/UPDATES
+
+date_format, html_select_date and html_select_time used to require a unix
+timestamp as the format of the date passed into the template. Smarty is now a
+bit smarter at this. It will take a unix timestamp, a mysql timestamp, or any
+date string that is parsable by strtotime, such as 10/01/2001 or 2001-10-01,
+etc. Just give some formats a try and see what works.
+
+Smarty now has template prefilters, meaning that you can run your templates
+through custom functions before they are compiled. This is good for things like
+removing unwanted comments, keeping an eye on words or functionality people are
+putting in templates, translating XML -> HTML, etc. See the register_prefilter
+documentation for more info.
+
+Another addition are the so-called compiler functions. These are custom
+functions registered by the user that are executed at compilation time of the
+template. They can be used to inject PHP code or time-sensitive static content
+into the compiled template.
+
+The run-time custom functions are now passed the Smarty object as the second
+parameter. This can be used, for example, to assign or clear template variables
+from inside the custom function.
+
+clear_compile_dir() was added for clearing out compiled versions of your
+templates. Not something normally needed, but you may have a need for this if
+you have $compile_check set to false and you periodically update templates via
+some automated process. As of 1.4.0, uncompiled templates _always_ get
+compiled regardless of $compile_check setting, although they won't be checked
+for recompile if $compile_check is set to false.
+
+You can now refer to properties of objects assigned from PHP by using the '->'
+symbol and specifying the property name after it, e.g. $foo->bar.
+
+{php}{/php} tags were added to embed php into the templates. Not normally
+needed, but some circumstances may call for it. Check out the "componentized
+templates" tip in the documentation for an example.
+
+{capture}{/capture} and {counter} functions were added. See the documentation
+for a complete description and examples.
+
+UPGRADE NOTES
+
+The format of the files created in the $compile_dir are now a bit different.
+The compiled template filename is the template resource name url-encoded.
+Therefore, all compiled files are now in the top directory of $compile_dir.
+This was done to make way for arbitrary template resources. Each compiled
+template also has a header that states what template resource was used to
+create it. From a unix command prompt, you can use "head -2 *" to see the first
+two lines of each file.
+
+When upgrading to 1.4.0, you will want to clear out all your old files in the
+$compile_dir. If you have $compile_check set to false and the compiled template
+does not yet exist, it will compile it regardless of this setting. This way you
+can clear out the $compile_dir and not worry about setting $compile_check to
+true to get the inital compilation under way.
+
+
+1.3.2
+-----
+
+Smarty now has (an optional) header prepended to the output of the Smarty
+templates. This displays the Smarty version and the date/time when the page was
+generated. This is useful for debugging your cache routines, and purely
+informational so there is evidence that the page was generated by Smarty. Set
+$show_info_header to false to disable it.
+
+{config_load ...} performance was tuned by placing the loaded variables into a
+global array, so basically a config file is read from the file system and
+placed into a php array structure only once, no matter how many times it is
+called in any of the templates. The scope of the loaded variables has changed a
+bit as well. Variables loaded by config_load used to be treated as global
+variables, meaning that parent templates (templates that included the current
+template) could see them. Now the default behavior is such that loaded
+variables are only visible by the current template and child templates (all
+templates included after the {config_load ...} is called.) To mimic the
+original behavior, provide the attribute "global=yes" like so: {config_load
+file="mystuff.conf" global=yes}. Now when you load in mystuff.conf, the
+variables will be visible to parent templates (merged with any existing config
+variables.)
+
+A formatting attribute was added to the {math ...} function, adding the ability
+to control the format of the output. Use the same formatting syntax as the PHP
+function sprintf().
+
+{html_select_time ...} was added, a custom function that works much like
+{html_select_date ...} except it displays time elements instead of dates.
+
+A few custom modifiers were added: count_characters, count_words,
+count_sentences, count_paragraphs. All pretty self-explanatory.
+
+/* vim: set et: */