Smarty

[legendarydrew]

I've just upgraded to the latest Smarty (3.0.7) with a fresh copy, and for some reason I get the following error when Smarty comes across a variable placeholder that hasn't been assigned:

Undefined variable: args_id ~ C:\...\sysplugins\smarty_internal_data.php [ 291 ]

I'm guessing it's just a thrown notice, but nothing happens after it.

[U.Tews]

On undefinied variables Smarty3 does drop a notice unless you did not disabled notices with $smarty->error_reporting property.

Anyway it does continue execution.

[mohrt]

[MarkM]

I am having the same problem using version 3.0.8. I set the following:

$smarty->error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE;

where $smarty is my smarty object. This is called before make any display calls. I am doing the other initialization items before it like setting the directories and registering plugins. I also do a few assignments. Does this need to be set before doing anything else?

This is a fragment of the message in my error log:

.../smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php (291) Undefined variable: xxx ....

[U.Tews]

Setting error_reporting befor you call display should be okay.

Do you have caching enabled? may be for some reasion the error messaged got stored in the cache file. Just in case empty the cache folder.

[MarkM]

I cleared the cache and the same problem is occurring. I am using the fpm version of php if that matters. These notices appear in my web server's error log. Here is a more detailed version of the notice message:

2011-06-06 1:51:42 pm /smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php (291) Undefined variable: xxx" while reading response header from upstream, client: IP Address, server: URL, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000", host: "URL" {I obfuscated the variable name,IP Address and URL in this example}

[SOSkr]

i have the same problem, anyone could solve it?

[MarkM]

I should also mention that I have xdebug installed. I forgot to mention that in my initial post. I know that is does get involved with PHP's error/warning/notice system

[SOSkr]

I've been testing one by one, the version of a smarty and I realized that even the version 3.0.5 this

[U.Tews]

Are you using codeigniter? It does grab and log errors by it's own. Also xdebug or special PHP versions like fpm may effect error logging.

[cbj4074]

I have the same issue. When I upgraded to Smarty 3.0.8, this issue was introduced.

Like the others in this thread, I am configuring Smarty error reporting with the following:

[U.Tews]

Could it be that your server did configure error_reporting within httpd.conf by using php_admin_value?

I that case the server does not allow changing the error_reporting at script level.

Anyway it is better to handle expected undefinded variables in templates by using the default modifier or isset() conditions.

[cbj4074]

Thanks, U.Tews! You're absolutely right.

In the development environment in question, the error-reporting level is defined within the vhost's configuration file (using php_admin_value); this is to prevent developers from lowering the value and writing sloppy code as a result. It makes perfect sense that we would not be able to override that value at run-time. Again, thank you for the invaluable insight here.

Further, we'll take your advice and use the default modifier and isset() to achieve the desired result in a more sane manner.

Cheers!

[MarkM]

I am not using Apache but nginx and I am using xdebug with php-fpm fast cgi daemon.

I completely control the server with root access (not a shared virtual environment with a 3rd party that has ultimate control). I still have these issues.

[U.Tews]

Have a look at the Log_Level parameter in php-fpm.conf.