Smarty

[lepra]

Maybe this is more of a php-question, but I'm quite sure it depends on the smarty php_include command.

My situation is like this:

I have a class with this class and function in classes.php:
[php:1:d3b58c0ddc]
class sql
{
var $result;
(and some other variables)

(some other functions here)

function sql_query($query)
{
$this->result = @mysql_query($query,$this->sqllink);
$this->error = mysql_error();

return $this->result;
}
}
[/php:1:d3b58c0ddc]

I include the code above in the main script called index.php with: include("classes.php")
and after that i create an instance with:
$dbcon = new sql;

and later in index.php i include another script called style.php which contains the php code that creates a smarty instance ($smarty = new Smarty;) and then assigns some values and stuff and then displays the template.

This template contains the php_include command which is used to dynamically include different php scripts that only contains php.

And it's here the problem starts.

The functions I use in these php_included scripts doesn't recognize the functions like the sql_query() function i showed at the top of this message.
It only gives me this error message:
Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/mjaumjau/public_html/code/statistics.php on line 3

I have figured out that it has something to do with global variables, and i have read many examples and tried, so now i'm asking for someone to help me to make this function sql_query() global. Excatly what do i type? and where??

I have found two bad solutions that i don't want:
1. make a new instance in every included php script.
2. access variables like this: $result1 = $GLOBALS['dbcon->sql_query("select * from something")'];

I use smarty 2.5.0
and I also wonder if there might be some setting in smarty to make all variables global?

[jorgerpo]

I have exactly the same question

[boots]

I don't use php_include, so someone else will likely give you a better answer. Anyhow, if you declare $dbcon global BEFORE you initialize it (ie.

global $dbcon;
$dbcon = new sql;

and then add a global $dbcon to all the php_includes that use it... does that not work? I think it should.

[jorgerpo]

haven't tried that one
but it worked when I globalized the object in the included php file.
thanks.

Out of curiousity, why you don't use php_include???

[boots]

[lepra]

i forgot to answer but it worked for me too
thanx a lot.

I could avoid using php_include, but i had to include many different pages in php that i didn't have time to rewrite in smarty. and i didn't want to include them in the php-script that uses smarty, cause then i hade to use two templates (two $smarty->display()) and i just wanted to have one template to make it easier for the designers who will use the template.

i just wanted to say, that in some cases you just have to use a not so good-looking solution. well, sometimes it's just easier. :]