$X = SmartyPaginate::getCurrentIndex();
    $Y = SmartyPaginate::getLimit();
    $searchSQL = "SELECT * FROM sionapros_news WHERE 1 ORDER BY news_no DESC LIMIT {$X},{$Y}";
    $result = $dbcon->execute($searchSQL);
    foreach ($result as $row) {
        // collect each record into $_data
        $data[] = $row;
    }
    // now we get the total number of records from the table
    $rowsSQL = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sionapros_news WHERE 1";
    $dbcon->query($rowsSQL);
    #$rowNo = $rows[0];
    SmartyPaginate::setTotal($dbcon->getValue());
    $dbcon->free();
    return $data;
}
$results = getSearchResults($db);
if (sizeof($results) == 0) {
    $searchMsg = 'NO ARTICLES WERE FOUND';
    $smarty->assign('searchMsg', $searchMsg);
} else {
    // assign your db results to the template
    $smarty->assign('news', $results);
    // assign {$paginate} var
    SmartyPaginate::assign($smarty);
}
$content = $smarty->fetch('./news/tm0.news.display_news.tpl.html');
SmartyPaginate::disconnect();
?>