Structured Data & Smarty tags

[Sonu2007]

There is way so i can use smarty tags inside structural data syntax? something like

<script type="application/ld+json"> { 
"@context" : "http://schema.org",
"@type" : "Organization",
"name":"{$title}",
"description": "{$desc}",

Above code return output as following instead of actual site title and description

"name":"{$title}"

"description": "{$desc}"

 

 

[sentq]

use {$pagetitle} instead of {$title}

[Sonu2007]

still same, its show syntax as it is instead of output

[sentq]

if possible show me the full code then?

[WHMCS Andrew]

The issue here is smarty's intelligent recognition that you are running javascript.

Try replacing your { in the first line with {$ldelim} - see https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.function.ldelim.tpl#idp36077424 for the full Smarty documentation

<script type="application/ld+json"> {$ldelim} 
"@context" : "http://schema.org",
"@type" : "Organization",
"name":"{$title}",
"description": "{$desc}",
  
  
....
{$rdelim}

 

[Sonu2007]

Non of them are working, my following code print as it is

 

 {literal}
<script type="application/ld+json">{$ldelim}
            {
              "@context": "http://schema.org",
              "@type": "Organization",
              "name": "{$pagetitle}",
              "description": "{$desc}",
            }
  {$rdelim}      </script>
{/literal}

 

Edited October 2, 2017 by Prahost

[sentq]

10 minutes ago, Prahost said:

Non of them are working, my following code print as it is

 

 {literal}
<script type="application/ld+json">{$ldelim}
            {
              "@context": "http://schema.org",
              "@type": "Organization",
              "name": "{$pagetitle}",
              "description": "{$desc}",
            }
  {$rdelim}      </script>
{/literal}

 

try this:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{ldelim}
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "{$pagetitle}",
"description": "{$desc}",
{rdelim}
</script>

 

[sentq]

2 hours ago, WHMCS Andrew said:

The issue here is smarty's intelligent recognition that you are running javascript.

Try replacing your { in the first line with {$ldelim} - see https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.function.ldelim.tpl#idp36077424 for the full Smarty documentation

<script type="application/ld+json"> {$ldelim} 
"@context" : "http://schema.org",
"@type" : "Organization",
"name":"{$title}",
"description": "{$desc}",
  
  
....
{$rdelim}

 

it's {ldelim} and {rdelim}

[Sonu2007]

following code working fine If i remove {literal}.

As per my understanding all java scripts need to be in {literal} tag correct..? there is any way to use smarty without {ldelim) ?

<script type="application/ld+json">
{ldelim}
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "{$pagetitle}",
"description": "{$desc}",
{rdelim}
</script>

 

[sentq]

Just now, Prahost said:

following code working fine If i remove {literal}.

As per my understanding all java scripts need to be in {literal} tag correct..? there is any way to use smarty without {ldelim) ?

<script type="application/ld+json">
{ldelim}
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "{$pagetitle}",
"description": "{$desc}",
{rdelim}
</script>

 

when you use {literal} it will ignore all the code in between, so {$pagetitle} will be displayed as it and will not be replaced with it's value.

on the other hand {ldelim} and {rdelim} work the same as {literal} but gives you the option to put some variables that you need to include in your CSS/JS codes, below is how this can be done using {literal}

{literal}
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "{/literal}{$pagetitle}{literal}",
"description": "{/literal}{$desc}{literal}",
}
</script>
{/literal}

 

[Sonu2007]

1 minute ago, sentq said:

when you use {literal} it will ignore all the code in between, so {$pagetitle} will be displayed as it and will not be replaced with it's value.

on the other hand {ldelim} and {rdelim} work the same as {literal} but gives you the option to put some variables that you need to include in your CSS/JS codes, below is how this can be done using {literal}

{literal}
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "{/literal}{$pagetitle}{literal}",
"description": "{/literal}{$desc}{literal}",
}
</script>
{/literal}

 

So there is no difference / affect on code, we can use either?

[WHMCS Andrew]

11 minutes ago, sentq said:

it's {ldelim} and {rdelim}

It is indeed.

 

2 minutes ago, Prahost said:

So there is no difference / affect on code, we can use either?

Exactly.

Although, in theory, you shouldn't actually need any literal tags at all as with Smarty V3, smarty will intelligently recognise the javascript part.

[sentq]

@WHMCS Andrew

true, but the following will give you error:

<script>
function(){
    // Your code
}
</script>

you need to add space between function() and {

[Sonu2007]

Thank you all. Everything is sorted now.