What are some common challenges when integrating a pagination function like buildPages into a Smarty template system in PHP?

One common challenge when integrating a pagination function like buildPages into a Smarty template system in PHP is passing the pagination data from the PHP code to the Smarty template. To solve this, you can assign the pagination data to Smarty variables before displaying the template.

// Assign pagination data to Smarty variables
$smarty->assign('totalPages', $totalPages);
$smarty->assign('currentPage', $currentPage);
$smarty->assign('prevPage', $prevPage);
$smarty->assign('nextPage', $nextPage);
$smarty->assign('pages', $pages);

// Display the Smarty template
$smarty->display('your_template.tpl');