Once you begin working with the Smarty Template engine in Delphi for PHP and once you learn how to include and update smarty variable tags, you’ll want to start including work areas for your data forms. With a lack of VCL documentation, it’s not obvious how to get your controls in the smarty template and get them positioned correctly.

Additionally, for several days I was stumped as to why I couldn’t get my Button code to execute when I used a smarty template. This video shows how to accomplish all these tasks. This video extends the lesson in Creating Dynamic Smarty Variables in Delphi for PHP and in Hello World (Delphi for PHP).

The main thing to remember in all of these lessons is that in obtaining the desired effect, we are basically configuring the proper Object Inspector Properties or extending the code within the Object Inspector Events for the proper objects.