/**
* Render the Smarty template and return the result as a string (typically html).
*
* @param string name of template file (e.g. myTemplate.tpl) or full path to template (e.g. full/path/to/myTemplate.tpl)
* @param array Optional array of Smarty configuration variables, for example array('debugging' => true).
* @return string typically an (x)html string
*/
function render($template, $conf = array())
{
if (!t3lib_extMgm::isLoaded('smarty')) {
return '<p class="warning">smarty is not available.</p>';
}
$this->smarty = tx_smarty::smarty($conf);
$this->smarty->assign($this->getArrayCopy());
$this->smarty->assign_by_ref('view', $this);
return $this->smarty->display($template);
}
function &newSmartyTemplate($localConf = array())
{
return tx_smarty::smarty($localConf);
}
