{call} {#language.function.call}
======

`{call}` is used to call a template function defined by the
[`{function}`](#language.function.function) tag just like a plugin
function.

> **Note**
>
> Template functions are defined global. Since the Smarty compiler is a
> single-pass compiler, The [`{call}`](#language.function.call) tag must
> be used to call a template function defined externally from the given
> template. Otherwise you can directly use the function as
> `{funcname ...}` in the template.

-   The `{call}` tag must have the `name` attribute which contains the
    the name of the template function.

-   Values for variables can be passed to the template function as
    [attributes](#language.syntax.attributes).

**Attributes:**

   Attribute Name       Type       Required   Default  Description
  ---------------- -------------- ---------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        name           string        Yes       *n/a*   The name of the template function
       assign          string         No       *n/a*   The name of the variable that the output of called template function will be assigned to
    \[var \...\]    \[var type\]      No       *n/a*   variable to pass local to template function

**Option Flags:**

    Name    Description
  --------- --------------------------------------------
   nocache  Call the template function in nocache mode


    {* define the function *}
    {function name=menu level=0}
      <ul class="level{$level}">
      {foreach $data as $entry}
        {if is_array($entry)}
          <li>{$entry@key}</li>
          {call name=menu data=$entry level=$level+1}
        {else}
          <li>{$entry}</li>
        {/if}
      {/foreach}
      </ul>
    {/function}

    {* create an array to demonstrate *}
    {$menu = ['item1','item2','item3' => ['item3-1','item3-2','item3-3' =>
    ['item3-3-1','item3-3-2']],'item4']}

    {* run the array through the function *}
    {call name=menu data=$menu}
    {call menu data=$menu} {* short-hand *}

      

Will generate the following output


    * item1
    * item2
    * item3
          o item3-1
          o item3-2
          o item3-3
                + item3-3-1
                + item3-3-2
    * item4

      

See also [`{function}`](#language.function.function)