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# Escaping Smarty parsing

It is sometimes desirable or even necessary to have Smarty ignore

sections it would otherwise parse. A classic example is embedding

Javascript or CSS code in a template. The problem arises as those

languages use the { and } characters which are also the default

[delimiters](../language-builtin-functions/language-function-ldelim.md) for Smarty.

> **Note**

>

> A good practice for avoiding escapement altogether is by separating

> your Javascript/CSS into their own files and use standard HTML methods

> to access them. This will also take advantage of browser script

> caching. When you need to embed Smarty variables/functions into your

> Javascript/CSS, then the following applies.

In Smarty templates, the { and } braces will be ignored so long as they

are surrounded by white space. This behavior can be disabled by setting

the Smarty class variable [`$auto_literal`](../../programmers/api-variables/variable-auto-literal.md) to

false.

## Examples

```smarty

<script>

   // the following braces are ignored by Smarty

   // since they are surrounded by whitespace

   function foobar {

    alert('foobar!');

   }

   // this one will need literal escapement

   {literal}

    function bazzy {alert('foobar!');}

   {/literal}

</script>

```

[`{literal}..{/literal}`](../language-builtin-functions/language-function-literal.md) blocks are used

for escaping blocks of template logic. You can also escape the braces

individually with

[`{ldelim}`, `{rdelim}`](../language-builtin-functions/language-function-ldelim.md) tags or

[`{$smarty.ldelim}`,`{$smarty.rdelim}`](../language-variables/language-variables-smarty.md#smartyldelim-smartyrdelim-languagevariablessmartyldelim)

variables.

Smarty's default delimiters { and } cleanly represent presentational

content. However, if another set of delimiters suit your needs better,

you can change them with Smarty's

[`$left_delimiter`](../../programmers/api-variables/variable-left-delimiter.md) and

[`$right_delimiter`](../../programmers/api-variables/variable-right-delimiter.md) values.

> **Note**

>

> Changing delimiters affects ALL template syntax and escapement. Be

> sure to clear out cache and compiled files if you decide to change

> them.

```php

<?php

$smarty->left_delimiter = '<!--{';

$smarty->right_delimiter = '}-->';

$smarty->assign('foo', 'bar');

$smarty->assign('name', 'Albert');

$smarty->display('example.tpl');

```

Where the template is:

```smarty

Welcome <!--{$name}--> to Smarty

<script language="javascript">

  var foo = <!--{$foo}-->;

  function dosomething() {

    alert("foo is " + foo);

  }

  dosomething();

</script>

```