1# Smarty 3 template engine
  2[smarty.net](https://www.smarty.net/) 
  3
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  5
  6## Documentation
  7
  8For documentation see 
  9[www.smarty.net/docs/en/](https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/) 
 10
 11## Requirements
 12
 13Smarty can be run with PHP 5.2 to PHP 7.4.
 14
 15## Distribution repository
 16
 17> Smarty 3.1.28 introduces run time template inheritance
 18
 19> Read the NEW_FEATURES and INHERITANCE_RELEASE_NOTES file for recent extensions to Smarty 3.1 functionality
 20
 21Smarty versions 3.1.11 or later are now on github and can be installed with Composer.
 22
 23
 24The "smarty/smarty" package will start at libs/....   subfolder.
 25
 26To get the latest stable version of Smarty 3.1 use:
 27
 28```json
 29"require": {
 30    "smarty/smarty": "~3.1"
 31}
 32```
 33
 34in your composer.json file.
 35
 36To get the trunk version use:
 37
 38```json
 39"require": {
 40    "smarty/smarty": "~3.1@dev"
 41}
 42```
 43
 44For a specific version use something like:
 45
 46```json
 47"require": {
 48    "smarty/smarty": "3.1.19"
 49}
 50```
 51
 52PHPUnit test can be installed by corresponding composer entries like:
 53
 54```json
 55"require": {
 56    "smarty/smarty-phpunit": "3.1.19"
 57}
 58```
 59
 60Similar applies for the lexer/parser generator.
 61
 62```json
 63"require": {
 64    "smarty/smarty-lexer": "3.1.19"
 65}
 66```
 67
 68Or you could use:
 69
 70```json
 71"require": {
 72    "smarty/smarty-dev": "3.1.19"
 73}
 74```
 75
 76Which is a wrapper to install all 3 packages.
 77
 78Composer can also be used for Smarty2 versions 2.6.24 to 2.6.30.
 79