[SOLVED] Assign your own variable in theme file (.tpl)

[thorre]

I'm pulling my hair here.

I'm doing some basic theme modification, and use if-cases like

I want to assign my own variable in a if statement, and then print out the value. It seems impossible.

I have tried

{$x = 'abc'}
{$x}

..

{x = 'abc'}
{$x}

How can i set my own (local) variable???

[thorre]

The answer is found here.

http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.custom.functions.php#language.function.assign