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GENERAL
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Q: What is Smarty?
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A: Smarty is a template engine for PHP... but be aware this isn't just another
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PHP template engine. It's much more than that.
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Q: What's the difference between Smarty and other template engines?
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A: Most other template engines for PHP provide basic variable substitution and
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dynamic block functionality. Smarty takes a step further to be a "smart"
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template engine, adding features such as configuration files, template
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functions, variable modifiers (see the docs!) and making all of this
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functionality as easy as possible to use for both programmers and template
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2001-01-22 19:22:24 +00:00
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designers. Smarty also compiles the templates into PHP scripts, eliminating
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the need to parse the templates on every invocation, making Smarty extremely
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scalable and managable for large application needs.
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2001-01-22 19:17:11 +00:00
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Q: What do you mean "Compiled PHP Scripts" ?
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2001-01-29 23:08:50 +00:00
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A: Smarty reads the template files and creates PHP scripts from them. Once
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these PHP scripts are created, Smarty executes these, never having to parse
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the template files again. If you change a template file, Smarty will
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recreate the PHP script for it. All this is done automatically by Smarty.
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Template designers never need to mess with the generated PHP scripts or even
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know of their existance.
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2001-01-22 19:17:11 +00:00
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2001-01-26 17:47:59 +00:00
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Q: Do you have a mailing list?
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2001-01-29 23:08:50 +00:00
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A: Yes. Subscribe by sending an e-mail to subscribe-smarty@lists.ispi.net. This
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is also archived at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ under www/smarty
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2001-01-26 17:47:59 +00:00
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2001-01-19 16:10:06 +00:00
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TROUBLESHOOTING
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2001-01-21 22:17:28 +00:00
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Q: Smarty doesn't work.
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A: You must be using PHP 4.0.4pl1 or later to fix all known problems
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Smarty has with PHP. Read the BUGS file for more info.
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2001-01-19 16:10:06 +00:00
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Q: Smarty is recompiling my templates on every invocation.
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A: This is a bug that was fixed in 1.0a, grab the latest tarball.
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Q: I get the following error when running Smarty:
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Warning: Wrong parameter count for preg_replace() in
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Smarty.class.php on line 371
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A: preg_replace had a parameter added in PHP 4.0.2 that Smarty
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requires. Upgrade to at least 4.0.4pl to fix all known PHP issues with
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Smarty.
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Q: I get the following error when running Smarty:
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Fatal error: Failed opening required 'PEAR.php'
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2001-01-22 15:00:09 +00:00
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(include_path='') in Config_File.class.php on line 3
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A: Smarty uses the PEAR libraries for some of its error handling routines.
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PEAR libraries come with the distribution of PHP. Be sure that the path to
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these libraries is included in your php include_path. Unix users check
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/usr/local/lib/php. Windows users check C:/php/pear.
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2001-01-26 19:35:15 +00:00
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Q: I get this error when passing variables to {include}:
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_defined_vars() in
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/path/to/Smarty/templates_c/index.tpl.php on line 8
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A: get_defined_vars() was added to PHP 4.0.4. If you plan on passing
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variables to included templates, you will need PHP 4.0.4 or later.
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