<?php
/*
* Smarty plugin
* -------------------­--------------------­--------------------­--
* Type: modifier
* Purpose: count the number of elements in an array
* -------------------­--------------------­--------------------­--
*/
function smarty_modifier_count_array($array)
{
    if (is_array($array)) 
    {
        return count($array);
    } 
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}
?>

# create variables for usage's
    $u_name = array ( );
    $u_content = array ( );
    $u_poster = array ( );
    $u_time = array ( );
    
    while ($nFetch = mysqli_fetch_assoc($nQuery) )
    {
        # Add to the array
        $u_name[] = $nFetch['news_name'];
        $u_content[] = $nFetch['news_content'];
        $u_poster[] = $nFetch['news_poster'];
        $u_time[] = $nFetch['news_time'];
        
    }


...


    $smarty->assign('NAME', $u_name);
    $smarty->assign('CONTENT', $u_content);
    $smarty->assign('POSTER', $u_poster);
    $smarty->assign('TIME', $u_time);


...

assigned template variables
{$CONTENT} Array (2)
0 => "test2 test2"
1 => "test test" 
{$NAME} Array (2)
0 => "test2"
1 => "test" 
{$NCOUNT} 2 
{$POSTER} Array (2)
0 => "Patrick"
1 => "Patrick" 
{$TIME} Array (2)
0 => "2010-01-05 10:22:38"
1 => "2010-01-05 10:21:41"

{include file="header.tpl"}
{assign var="uCount" value=$NAME|@count}
{assign var="uCount" value=$uCount-1} 
{assign var="uMCount" value=0}


{while $uMCount <= $uCount }
        <div id="wrap2"><div id="contenthead"><b>{$NAME[$uMCount]}</b> - 
        Posted by:<b> {$POSTER[$uCount]}</b> on 
        <b>{$TIME[$uMCount]}</b></div>
        
        <div id="contentmid">{$CONTENT[$uMCount]}<br><br></div> 
        <div id="contentfoot"></div><br></div>
        
{assign var="uMCount" value=$uMCount+1}        
{/while}
</div>


{include file="footer.tpl"}