Smarty

You need to EITHER
a) load the file defining the necessary callable and register plugin
OR
b) place the specifically named file defining a specifically named callable into one of the configured Plu ...

Then fix your layout or Smarty initialization.
You have a working example before you, step through it with a debugger and see how it differs from your code.

Well it is actually working (I added al ...

Both works, if you did not notice.
Fetch the forum-27741 branch and run testcase yourself.

Not for me:
Fatal error: Uncaught --> Smarty: Plugin 't' not callable <-- thrown in /usr/l ...

Works like a charm, just as I said.

Yes, when calling the local one, but when you try and call the plugin you get the error.

$smarty->registerPlugin('block', 't', 'smarty_block_t'); ...

Sorry, the archiver says the file is incomplete.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zB_bR5XXbznCvjvtqQo-9UXwONkMDtfB

Did you want me to do that or are the files at http://www.filedropper.com/testblockplugintar enough?

FYI testing Smarty 3.1.33 with PHP 5.6.40

FYI testing Smarty 3.1.33 with PHP 5.6.40

I did create a git account. Don't have composer but not sure it would be needed in this case to replicate.

I have uploaded the files here: http://www.filedropper.com/testblockplugintar

This is ...

Thanks AnrDaemon. Not sure if I am doing this correctly, but I tried to push the new branch like this:

git push https://github.com/AnrDaemon/test-001.git testblockplugin

Got an error:
re ...

I have also noticed that the documentation for block functions is not consitant. When looking function do_translation ($params, $content, $smarty, &$repeat, $template)

But when you loo ...

I have created a new directory for custom plugins as suggested. Still getting the error that it is not callable. When I create a test function like this it works:

function Zsmarty_block_t ($p ...

If you correctly place your files in a directory loadable by Smarty's plugin system, you don't need to register anything.
This is further reinforced by the function names.

But it should still fu ...

I have tried all those combinations - with smarty_, with and without smarty_block, etc. When I change the registerPlugin code to this:
$tpl->registerPlugin('block','tzz','smarty_block_t') ...

I must be missing some piece of the setup. I think Smarty is setup correctly as nothing comes up when using $tpl->testInstall() - all tests return 'OK'.

I show my plugin dir with getPluginsDir ...

I am using a template variable to display everything.

As for your reference to https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.get.template.vars.tpl yes I can get the values, but I want to then assign/change ...