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yus2aces
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:46 pm    Post subject: Can't find template/compile/config dir Reply with quote

The code below i got from a book which shows this error "can't find index.tpl".

INDEX.PHP
Code:
<?php
//Load Smarty library and config files
require_once 'include/app_top.php';

//Load Smarty template file;
$page = new Smarty();

//Display the page
$page->display('index.tpl');
?>


CONFIG.PHP

Code:
<?php
//SITE_ROOT contains the full path to the hatshop folder
define('SITE_ROOT', dirname(dirname(_FILE_)));

//Application directories
define('PRESENTATION_DIR', SITE_ROOT . '/presentation');
define('BUSINESS_DIR', SITE_ROOT . '/business');

//Settings needed to configure the Smarty template engine
define('SMARTY_DIR', SITE_ROOT . '/libs/smarty/');
define('TEMPLATE_DIR', PRESENTATION_DIR . '/templates');
define('COMPILE_DIR', PRESENTATION_DIR . '/templates_c');
define('CONFIG_DIR', SITE_ROOT . '/include/configs');
?>


PAGE.PHP
Code:
<?php
//Reference Smarty library
require_once SMARTY_DIR . 'Smarty.class.php';

//Class that extends Smarty, used to process and display Smarty files
class Page extends Smarty
{
   //Class constructor
   public function _construct()
   {
      //Call Smarty's constructor
      parent::_construct();
      
      //Change the default template directories
      $this->setTemplateDir(TEMPLATE_DIR);
      $this->setCompileDir(COMPILE_DIR);
      $this->setConfigDir(CONFIG_DIR);
   }
}
?>


APP_TOP.PHP

Code:
<?php
//include utility files
require_once 'include/config.php';

//Load the page template
require_once PRESENTATION_DIR . '/page.php';
?>


INDEX.TPL

Code:
{* smarty *}
{config_load file="site.conf"}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>{#site_title#}</title>
   <link href="hatshop.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<body>
   <div>
      <div class="left_box">
         Place list of departments here
      </div>
      <div id="content">
         Place contents here
      </div>
   </div>
</body>
</html>


Could anybody shows me where the source of error?
Thank you in advance.
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yus2aces
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:57 pm    Post subject: testInstall() result Reply with quote

BTW this is the testInstall() result.

Code:
Smarty Installation test...
Testing template directory...
FAILED: .\templates\ does not exist.
Testing compile directory...
FAILED: .\templates_c\ does not exist.
Testing plugins directory...
E:\hatshop\libs\smarty\plugins is OK.
Testing cache directory...
FAILED: .\cache\ does not exist.
Testing configs directory...
FAILED: .\configs\ does not exist.
Testing sysplugin files...
... OK
Testing plugin files...
... OK
Tests complete.
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yus2aces
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:40 pm    Post subject: Working for absolute path Reply with quote

I tried to write an absolute path to the template dir, and it worked. The page load successfully.

Code:
<?php
require_once('e:/hatshop/libs/smarty/Smarty.class.php');
$smarty  = new Smarty();

$smarty->setTemplateDir('e:/hatshop/presentation/templates');
$smarty->setCompileDir('e:/hatshop/presentation/templates_c');
//$smarty->setCacheDir('/web/www.example.com/smarty/cache');
$smarty->setConfigDir('e:/hatshop/include/configs');

//$smarty->testInstall();
$smarty->display('index.tpl');
?>


Could someone shows me where i've done wrong?
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mohrt
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Posts: 7368
Location: Lincoln Nebraska, USA

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want the defaults to work, be sure your cwd is the directory where the templates dir resides, and "." is in your php include_path. That said, it is better to supply full filepaths anyways (less error prone, more efficient.)
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yus2aces
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:32 am    Post subject: Solved Reply with quote

Thanks mohrt for your guidance.

I've skipped page.php and change index.php a bit. So the index.php will contain this code :

Code:
<?php
//Load Smarty library and config files
require_once 'include/app_top.php';

//Load Smarty template file;
$page = new Smarty();

$page->setTemplateDir(TEMPLATE_DIR);
$page->setCompileDir(COMPILE_DIR);
$page->setConfigDir(CONFIG_DIR);

//Display the page
$page->display('index.tpl');
?>


And it worked.

But still confused why, page.php is not working. Hoping someone could tell me why, for my learning purpose.
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U.Tews
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In page.php you did extend the Smarty class. If you include it in index.php you must instance the Page class instead of Smarty.

in index.php
Code:
$page = new Page();
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