# Smarty 3 template engine [smarty.net](https://www.smarty.net/) ## Documentation For documentation see [www.smarty.net/docs/en/](https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/) ## Distribution repository > Smarty 3.1.28 introduces run time template inheritance > Read the NEW_FEATURES and INHERITANCE_RELEASE_NOTES file for recent extensions to Smarty 3.1 functionality Smarty versions 3.1.11 or later are now on github and can be installed with Composer. The "smarty/smarty" package will start at libs/.... subfolder. To get the latest stable version of Smarty 3.1 use: ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty": "~3.1" } ``` in your composer.json file. To get the trunk version use: ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty": "~3.1@dev" } ``` For a specific version use something like: ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty": "3.1.19" } ``` PHPUnit test can be installed by corresponding composer entries like: ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty-phpunit": "3.1.19" } ``` Similar applies for the lexer/parser generator. ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty-lexer": "3.1.19" } ``` Or you could use: ```json "require": { "smarty/smarty-dev": "3.1.19" } ``` Which is a wrapper to install all 3 packages. Composer can also be used for Smarty2 versions 2.6.24 to 2.6.30.