Smarty

[dirtdrgn]

main.tpl
<{include file="header.tpl"}>
<{include file="leftbar.tpl"}>
<{include file="$disdis.tpl"}>
<{include file="rightbar.tpl"}>
<{include file="footer.tpl"}>

index.php
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require_once('/home/storm/public_html/desertstorm/include/meta.php');

if (!isset($action)) {
$action = "index";
}
$smart->assign('date',date("l, F j Y"));

if(file_exists("smarty/templates/{$action}.tpl") && (!$action=="leftbar" || !$action=="rightbar" || !$action=="header" || !$action=="footer" || !$action=="index") ) {
$smart->assign('disdis',$action);
}
else {
$smart->assign('disdis','index');
}
$smart->display('main.tpl');
?>

Now, I thought I had this perfected, but now the page will only load "index.tpl." I had a smarty-using friend of mine look at the syntax, and he couldn't find anything wrong with it. He said that there was a problem with dynamic includes, but I saw an example somewhere on here and can't find it again...sorry if this has been asked somewhere obvious.

[boots]

I wonder if you are using caching. If so, check out Multiple Caches Per Page.

[messju]

- use $smart->template_exists() instead of file_exists().
- to me it looks the part after && is always true anyway.
you are testing if $action is not-equal "leftbar" *or* not-equal "rightbar". obviously it's always not equal at least one of them.
so only the file_exists can cause the if-condition to fail.