# Smarty - Using a string as a 'template'?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smarty-using-a-string-as-a-template/278942>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smarty-using-a-string-as-a-template/278942 "2009-01-07T20:41:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smarty-using-a-string-as-a-template/278942/1 "2009-01-07T20:41:19Z")

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Is it possible to send a string through Smarty to be parsed, instead of sending a .tpl file through?

For instance, say I have this string:

```auto

// ...

$ParseMe = "This is a string that I want to parse, to retrieve the value of the {$Awesome} Smarty tag...";

// ...

```

And now I want to parse the $ParseMe var, to bring about the same output that I would if the string was part of a .tpl file…

Is this doable?

[whisper]Short and sweet. 😛 Let me know if you have any questions.[/whisper]