====== assign ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Application JView::assign #}

Assigns variables to the view.

The first parameter can be either an object, an associative array, or a string.  If it is an object, the object's properties will be assigned to the view object.  If it is an associative array, the array's data will be assigned to the object.  If it is a string, the second parameter will be assigned to the property with the name of the first parameter.

The method will not permit data to be assigned to properties that begin with an underscore because these are either private properties for JView or private variables within the template script itself.

This method is generally used to push data into the template.  In the view class, variables are assigned to the template, and then that data is retrieved using $this->{variable_name} inside the template.

This method returns true if the data was successfully assigned, or false otherwise.


===== Syntax =====
boolean assign ( **$var1**, **$var2** )

| **$var1** | mixed | is either an object, an associative array or a string.  See above for more information. |
| **$var2** | mixed | is the value to assign to the specified property if $var1 is a string. |

===== Examples =====
<code php|Example - Assign by Name and Value>
$view->assign('var1', 'something');
$view->assign('var2', 'else');
echo $view->var1;
echo $view->var2;
</code>
and
<code php|Example - Assign by Associative Array>
$ary = array('var1' => 'something', 'var2' => 'else');
$view->assign($obj);
echo $view->var1;
echo $view->var2;
</code>
and
<code php|Example - Assign by Object>
$obj = new stdClass;
$obj->var1 = 'something';
$obj->var2 = 'else';
$view->assign($obj);
echo $view->var1;
echo $view->var2;
</code>
will all produce:
<code php|Result>
somethingelse
</code>

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