Smarty

[bumbar]

Hallo!

I have the same problem! (from book ... E-commerce 2nd).

in file application.php I have line as It is written in the book:

[robseek]

Could you specify the name of the plugin file and the complete header for the plugin function.

The plugin file name should be like the following:
function.load_department.php

The plugin header should be like the following:
function smarty_function_load_department($params, $smarty)

[robseek]

If the problem is not the way you named the plugin file and plugin function then the following are possible causes.

1) Make sure you are using PHP 5. The author told me that these types of errors occur when using PHP 4.

2) If the name of the file is function.load_department.php and plugin function smarty_function_load_department($params, $smarty), then to make the plugin available to the template file department.tpl you load it this way:
{load_department assign="department"}

3) Try placing the plugin file in the default smarty plugins directory. This worked for me when I was having problems. When I removed the plugin file from the default plugins directory back into the smarty_plugins it started to work. This suggested that smarty was missing the smarty_plugins directory while looping through plugins_dir.

[bumbar]

I changed the name of the plugin file function.load_department.php

and the name of the function accordingly smarty_function_load_department($params, $smarty)

But I have the same error

Here the directory tree as it is in the book:

[robseek]

How are the globals SMARTY_DIR and PRESENTATION_DIR definded. In the first book the global definitions were in config.inc.php.

[bumbar]

my server uses PHP 5

Here config.php file

/include/config.php

[robseek]

What is the error message you are getting now?

I won't be able to reply to your reply until later on this evening.

[U.Tews]

Your path is wrong.

Must be

[bumbar]

I tried to move the file of plugin even The file folder of Smarty

/libs/smarty/plugins/function/function.load_presentation_object.php

and nothing.

Also I tried to modify

[U.Tews]

Again a wrong path.

Not /libs/smarty/plugins/function/function.load_presentation_object.php
But /libs/smarty/plugins/function.load_presentation_object.php

Compared to your previous post you changed the plugin name right?
Did you change the function name as well?

function smarty_function_load_presentation_object (....)

[robseek]

Smarty by default will look in the plugins directory for the plugin file. The default plugins directory is located at libs/smarty/plugins. If it's not there then smarty will look in the alternate directory specified in your config.php file.

Your paths seem to be correct, but check what the following code returns:

[U.Tews]

dirname(dirname(_FILE_)) must return the right value because Smarty does find the template files.

[robseek]

As I understand it, the plugin function header in the second edition book is the following:
function smarty_function_load_presentation_object(...)

This means the file that holds this function should be named function.load_presentation_object.php

The template file that makes the plugin available is store_front.tpl

Try the code below within store_front.tpl:

[carlos_duran]

Hi,

I am new to the book and I seem to be having this problem on chapter 3, it appears that here might be something wrong my setup or config.php that reads:

<?php
// SITE ROOT contains the full path to the tshirtshop 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');
?>

Now, the structure of my folders appear to be correct, it looks like this:

C:\tshirtshop>tree
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is D402-37C9
C:.
├───images
├───include
│ └───configs
├───libs
│ └───smarty
│ ├───internals
│ └───plugins
├───presentation
│ ├───templates
│ └───templates_c
└───styles

C:\tshirtshop>

I keep getting this error in my browser:

Smarty error: unable to read resource: "store_front.tpl" in C:\tshirtshop\libs\smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1092

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Carlos

[mohrt]