Smarty

[subnet_rx]

I'm confused about how to set smarty up in the directory structure. I want to install the template system for my script at www.mysite.com/script1/, so where should libs, templates, templates_c, cache, and config go?

I thought from the demo folder that these would just all go in the same directory. But the documentation suggests putting libs outside of the script directory.
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[messju]

if the directory on you server for http://www.mysite.com/script1/ is for example /home/users/mysite/htdocs/script1/ then "/home/users/mysite/htdocs" in called the document-root.

only put things that must be reachable by the browser below the webroot (= in subdirectories of htdocs): index.php, images, css etc.

put everything else in a directory above the webroot (in a directory parallel to htdocs): libs, templates, compiled templates, session-data, config.php etc.

for example:

accessible by the webbrowser:
/home/users/mysite/htdocs/script1/index.php <- the file you run to display the page

not accessible:
/home/users/mysite/templates/index.tpl
/home/users/mysite/phptmp/templates_c/ <- writable by the webserver
/home/users/mysite/phptmp/cache/ <- writable by the webserver
/home/users/mysite/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php
/home/users/mysite/lib/smarty/plugins/ <- the plugins from the Smarty distribution
/home/users/mysite/plugins/ <- your own plugins
/home/users/mysite/lib/adodb/...

then instanciate your $smarty in a /home/users/mysite/config.php that also configures all paths like $smarty->template_dir, $smarty->compile_dir etc.

let all your pages below the document root include this config.php to get the $smarty instance.

(of course this is only one way. there are billion other ways, but i get along very good with something like the above)

[subnet_rx]

so, what if I want to distribute this script? Every person has to upload it above their web root directory?
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[messju]

no. of course you keep that configurable if you distribute it. it's is just a suggestion, not a must.

[subnet_rx]

ok, one last question. If I can set the permissions to 770 (locking everyone out from reading my files), then why can't I put all folders in the script directory? Is there added security in putting the files outside of the document root?
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