How to display google maps code in smarty - html

Question

<div>
{$google_map_link}
</div>
I am assigning the following google map iframe codes into smarty and trying to display map on the screen.
google map that assigned to smarty variable {$google_map_link} is
<iframe width="300" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Tiriyos&gl=in&hl=en&sll=13.008237,80.193329&sspn=0.206059,0.363579&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=5721197682818793762&hq=Tiriyos&hnear=&ll=12.948405,80.137217&spn=0.006441,0.011362&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe>
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<small>
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I expect to display the google map on screen but only iframe codes are displayed
How to solve this...

Answer 1

I've tried your code and it works on Smarty 3.0.8.
Why don't you use Google maps API (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html)?
I usualy put html into the template and just pass the values. Example below:
php:
<?php
$smarty->assign('google_map_x', '12.948405');
$smarty->assign('google_map_y', '80.137217');
?>
template:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng({$google_map_x}, {$google_map_y});
var myOptions = {
zoom: 8,
center: myLatlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
title:"Tiriyos"
});
}
</script>
<div id="map_canvas" style="width:300px;height:300px"></div>
Then you can put your info window on your marker. Read more here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#InfoWindows

Answer 2

In php
<?
$google_map_link = html_entity_decode($google_map_code);
$smarty->assign('google_map_link', $google_map_link);
?>
In HTML
<div>
{$google_map_link}
</div>
I had used html_entity_decode to decode google maps iframe code and displayed in smarty. This is easiest way to display google maps in smarty.
I may help some one else