Hi, I'm trying to debug an issue with a module that is in beta. My module uses mod_rewrite to provide clean(er) urls. Because of this every time I include a file I use the full path.

example


The problem comes in when I want to pass along the full path to a file which will then be included at the template stage.

probably best to use another example


This works fine when running on unix/apache and seems to cause problems when running on windows/apache. I think this might be because windows and unix path strings are formatted differently, but I'm not smart enough to confirm this :)

hmmm, is this perhaps an issue of better code organization? As in, should I be making sure that everything happens before..

include(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/header.php');

.. so that I can then dynamically assign

$xoopsOption['template_main'] = 'main.html';

?? anyone have suggestions?

Forum thread with some more background

This is a module for XOOPS?

If so, you should use <{include db:FILENAME}> as SMARTY templates are saved in the database in XOOPS.

However, I'd say that re-designing the module pages to set the template_main as early as possible, then the header.php and finally the data retrieval code is a better way to avoid too much logic inside the SMARTY templates.

yes, the module is for XOOPS and can be demo'd here noah.kerkness.ca

I did not know about <{include db:FILENAME}> and will give that a try. thanks.

can you provide an example of how to use <{include db:FILENAME}> correctly?

I've tried the following in my module and it is producing fatal smarty class error's on update.

[code]
// in my xoops_version.php
$modversion['templates'][1]['file'] = 'shop.html';
$modversion['templates'][1]['description'] = 'base'; $modversion['templates'][2]['file'] = 'template_name.html';
$modversion['templates'][2]['description'] = 'included template';


// in my module code
$xoopsOption['template_main'] = 'shop.html';
include(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/header.php');
$xoopsTpl->assign('my_template', 'template_name.html');
include(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/footer.php');

// in my smarty template file 'shop.html'
<{include db:$my_template}>

// this produces the following error when
// I am updating the module, so all the template
// details load into the db.

Fatal error: Smarty: [in db:shop.html line 1]: syntax error: invalid attribute name: 'db:$my_template'

[code]

I'm most likely structuring this the wrong way. Any suggestions?

<{include file='db:filename.html'}>

I'm not sure whether you can do dynamic includes, but try it out

you can do a dynamic include if you use double quotes and not single quotes in your smarty syntax

example




big props to Mithrandir for pointing me in the right direction.

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Could be useful to remember this.