http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.default.tpl -This is the default value to output if the variable is empty. +This is the default value to output if the variable is unset or an empty string +It does not work for 0 (0 as an integer)/FALSE values as http://php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php +Solution to overwrite http://www.smarty.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88776#88776