Count items
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This article originates from the former CMS Made Simple Wiki, the original author is Elijah Lofgren.
Note: The following Smarty tag has the same functionality! I post this UDT anyway because it might be a inspiration help to you for other purposes...
Alternative method
{$itemcount = $items|@count}Create a new User Defined Tag, named "count_items"
count_items
$items = cmsms()->GetSmarty()->get_template_vars('items');$smarty->assign('itemcount', count($items));
How to use
Template example
{count_items}{if $itemcount}
<p>There are {$itemcount} items on this website</p>
<!-- start normal template -->
{foreach from=$items item=entry}
{/foreach}
<!-- end normal template -->
{else}
<p>There are no items...</p>
{/if}
Working example
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Count items
Article optimized for CMSMS 2.x
Author: RolfLast tested in: CMSMS 1.11.12
Last updated: 23-06-2018
Comments: 0
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