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[bkyzworld]

Hi, i just started to learn PHP 5.
i'm new to Smarty and PHP.
I was browsing this site/forums and learned a few things about the template engine and writing plugin functions.

anyway,
here is my situation.
my web hosting server is running php 4.
so, when I put up my 'project' and tried browsing my web site,
I got the 'unregonized tag' error from the template.
My function is named correctly,
function smarty_function_load_departments_list ($params, $smarty)
{ ...
}

and my template file call the plugin function as follows
{load_departments_list assign = "departments_list"}
...

I have the plugin file in the plugin directory.
I tried different file name, thinking that it might be too long for the server.
same problem. What troubles me is the fact that I think other plug in functions work. I have another plugin to load the department.

any pointer is greatly appreciated.

[jeremywesselman]

Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce right?

I had the same problem. I was developing on PHP 5, which the book tells you to do. I was developing thier site, I was using the technology that I learned from thier book to develop an application for a client.

Anyway, PHP 4 and PHP 5 OOP standards are different. You have to make the adjustments to your plugin file to use the PHP 4 standards.

Here is a quick example of how I did it. You will have to take it on yourself to change your file.

[php:1:9cdb845523]<?php
// © Jeremy Wesselman @ JW Development - hollywoodwesselman@hotmail.com

class AdminHome
{
//public attributes
var $mTotalCategories;
var $mTotalSubCategories;
var $mTotalStores;

//private attributes
var $mCategories;

//constructor
function AdminHome()
{
$this->mCategories = new Categories();
}

function init()
{
$this->mTotalCategories = $this->mCategories->CountAllCategories();
$this->mTotalSubCategories = $this->mCategories->CountAllSubCategories();
$this->mTotalStores = $this->mCategories->CountAllStores();
}
}

/* smarty plugin function that gets called when the
load_merchant_home function plugin is loaded from a template */
function smarty_function_load_admin_home($params, &$smarty)
{
$admin_home = new AdminHome();
$admin_home->init();
// assign template variable
$smarty->assign($params['assign'], $admin_home);
}

?>[/php:1:9cdb845523]

This is how I changed my plugin files to deal with PHP 4. You shouldn't have to change anything in your template file, just the plugin file.

I hope that this solves your problem as it has solved mine.

Jeremy

[johnyenglish007]

Hi,

I have the same problem too... I've got the same error

PHP Fatal error: Smarty error: [in departments_list.tpl line 2]: syntax error: unrecognized tag 'load_departments_list' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 580) in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\swa\libs\smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1088

Can I ask you Jeremy, do you change anything in departments_list.tpl, do you still call '{load_departments_list assign="departments_list"} ' as syntax?

and in the plugin directory, is the file called 'function.load_departments_list.php' ?

It seems smarty can't recognize the tag function.load_departments_list.php..

Pls help and really appreciate your time on this