assign('name', array('bob','jim','joe','jerry','fred')); // assign an associative array of data $smarty->assign('users', array( array('name' => 'bob', 'phone' => '555-3425'), array('name' => 'jim', 'phone' => '555-4364'), array('name' => 'joe', 'phone' => '555-3422'), array('name' => 'jerry', 'phone' => '555-4973'), array('name' => 'fred', 'phone' => '555-3235') )); // display it $smarty->display('index.tpl'); ?>]]>