How to define a variable with random values in Smarty

Question

I need to assign a variable which will be used to create the id label for some html elements.

And it needs to be unique.

I tried

{assign var=unique_id value=`10|mt_rand:20`}

and

{math equation='rand(10,100)'}

But I don't know how to use the result

I don't have any other ideas

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '10 at 18:34

24

this is how you set and use a random value but that deoesn't mean it will be unique.

    {assign var=unique_id value=10|mt_rand:20}
    {$unique_id}

can you describe a bigger picture of what your doing ?

answered Mar 23 '10 at 18:34

mcgrailm

this was used to add some randomness to some id names – Daniel Luca CleanUnicorn Jul 18 '11 at 13:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '18 at 12:58

It's a bit easier to use than handling with mt_rand inside the assign-function. And it keeps compatible with the split of Model and View.

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