diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 9c1af2d1..15151175 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 
 09/30/2009
+- fixed handling template_exits methode for all resource types
 - bugfix for other cache resources than file
 - the methodes assign_by_ref is now wrapped to assign, append_by_ref to append
 - allow arrays of variables pass in display, fetch and createTemplate calls
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_extend.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_extend.php
index 282837a0..a911ea45 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_extend.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_extend.php
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Extend {
     public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer';
     public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser';
 
+    /**
+    * Return flag if template source is existing
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true
+    */
+    public function isExisting($template)
+    {
+        if ($template->getTemplateFilepath() === false) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        } 
+    } 
     /**
     * Get filepath to template source
     * 
@@ -32,10 +45,11 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Extend {
     {
         $_files = explode('|', $_template->resource_name);
         $_filepath = $_template->buildTemplateFilepath ($_files[count($_files)-1]);
-        if ($_template->security) {
-            $_template->smarty->security_handler->isTrustedResourceDir($_filepath);
+        if ($_filepath !== false) {
+            if ($_template->security) {
+                $_template->smarty->security_handler->isTrustedResourceDir($_filepath);
+            } 
         } 
-
         return $_filepath;
     } 
 
@@ -62,11 +76,14 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Extend {
         $_files = explode('|', $_template->resource_name);
         $_files = array_reverse($_files);
         foreach ($_files as $_file) {
-            $_filepath = $_template->buildTemplateFilepath ($_file);
-            if ($_file != $_files[0]) {
-                $_template->properties['file_dependency']['F'.abs(crc32($_filepath))] = array($_filepath, filemtime($_filepath));
-            } 
+            $_filepath = $_template->buildTemplateFilepath ($_file); 
             // read template file
+            if ($_filepath === false) {
+                throw new Exception("Unable to load template \"file : {$_file}\"");
+            } 
+            if ($_file != $_files[0]) {
+                $_template->properties['file_dependency']['F' . abs(crc32($_filepath))] = array($_filepath, filemtime($_filepath));
+            } 
             $_content = file_get_contents($_filepath);
             if ($_file != $_files[count($_files)-1]) {
                 if (preg_match_all('/(' . $this->smarty->left_delimiter . 'block(.+?)' . $this->smarty->right_delimiter . ')/', $_content, $s, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE) !=
@@ -76,7 +93,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Extend {
                 $block_count = count($s[0]);
                 for ($i = 0; $i < $block_count; $i++) {
                     $block_content = str_replace($this->smarty->left_delimiter . '$smarty.parent' . $this->smarty->right_delimiter, '%%%%SMARTY_PARENT%%%%',
-                    substr($_content, $s[0][$i][1] + strlen($s[0][$i][0]), $c[0][$i][1] - $s[0][$i][1] - strlen($s[0][$i][0])));
+                        substr($_content, $s[0][$i][1] + strlen($s[0][$i][0]), $c[0][$i][1] - $s[0][$i][1] - strlen($s[0][$i][0])));
                     $this->saveBlockData($block_content, $s[0][$i][0]);
                 } 
             } else {
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_file.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_file.php
index 966fa8e8..0f43635c 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_file.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_file.php
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_File {
     public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer';
     public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser';
 
+    /**
+    * Return flag if template source is existing
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true
+    */
+    public function isExisting($template)
+    {
+        if ($template->getTemplateFilepath() === false) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        } 
+    } 
+
     /**
     * Get filepath to template source
     * 
@@ -32,10 +46,11 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_File {
     {
         $_filepath = $_template->buildTemplateFilepath ();
 
-        if ($_template->security) {
-            $_template->smarty->security_handler->isTrustedResourceDir($_filepath);
+        if ($_filepath !== false) {
+            if ($_template->security) {
+                $_template->smarty->security_handler->isTrustedResourceDir($_filepath);
+            } 
         } 
-
         return $_filepath;
     } 
 
@@ -95,7 +110,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_File {
     * @return string return path to compiled template
     */
     public function getCompiledFilepath($_template)
-    {
+    { 
         // $_filepath = md5($_template->resource_name);
         $_filepath = (string)abs(crc32($_template->resource_name)); 
         // if use_sub_dirs, break file into directories
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_registered.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_registered.php
index cb0d1a3e..172ab8c5 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_registered.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_registered.php
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Registered {
     public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer';
     public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser';
 
+    /**
+    * Return flag if template source is existing
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true
+    */
+    public function isExisting($_template)
+    {
+        if (is_integer($this->getTemplateTimestamp($_template))) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        } 
+    } 
     /**
     * Get filepath to template source
     * 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_stream.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_stream.php
index a1ad4467..27527825 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_stream.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_stream.php
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Stream {
     public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer';
     public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser';
 
+    /**
+    * Return flag if template source is existing
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true
+    */
+    public function isExisting($template)
+    {
+        if ($template->getTemplateSource() === false) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        } 
+    } 
     /**
     * Get filepath to template source
     * 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_string.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_string.php
index f5e124a1..f7b7b853 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_string.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.resource_string.php
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Resource String
 * 
 * Implements the strings as resource for Smarty template
+* 
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage TemplateResources
-* @author Uwe Tews
+* @author Uwe Tews 
 */
 /**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Resource String
@@ -18,9 +19,19 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
         $this->smarty = $smarty;
     } 
     // classes used for compiling Smarty templates from file resource
-    public $compiler_class = 'Smarty_Internal_SmartyTemplateCompiler'; 
-    public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer'; 
-    public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser'; 
+    public $compiler_class = 'Smarty_Internal_SmartyTemplateCompiler';
+    public $template_lexer_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer';
+    public $template_parser_class = 'Smarty_Internal_Templateparser';
+
+    /**
+    * Return flag if template source is existing
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true
+    */
+    public function isExisting($template)
+    {
+        return true;
+    } 
 
     /**
     * Get filepath to template source
@@ -29,11 +40,11 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
     * @return string return 'string' as template source is not a file
     */
     public function getTemplateFilepath($_template)
-    {
+    { 
         // no filepath for strings
         // return "string" for compiler error messages
         return 'string';
-    }
+    } 
 
     /**
     * Get timestamp to template source
@@ -42,9 +53,9 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
     * @return boolean false as string resources have no timestamp
     */
     public function getTemplateTimestamp($_template)
-    {    
-         // strings must always be compiled and have no timestamp
-         return false;
+    { 
+        // strings must always be compiled and have no timestamp
+        return false;
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -57,9 +68,9 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
     { 
         // return template string
         $_template->template_source = $_template->resource_name;
-        return  true;
-   }
-    
+        return true;
+    } 
+
     /**
     * Return flag that this resource uses the compiler
     * 
@@ -69,8 +80,8 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
     { 
         // resource string is template, needs compiler
         return true;
-    }
-    
+    } 
+
     /**
     * Return flag that this resource is evaluated
     * 
@@ -81,7 +92,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
         // compiled template is evaluated instead of saved to disk
         return true;
     } 
-     
+
     /**
     * Get filepath to compiled template
     * 
@@ -89,10 +100,10 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_String {
     * @return boolean return false as compiled template is not stored
     */
     public function getCompiledFilepath($_template)
-    {
+    { 
         // no filepath for strings
         return false;
-    }
+    } 
 } 
 
 ?>
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.template.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.template.php
index d9811b71..fdae24f3 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.template.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.template.php
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Template extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
     public $resource_type = null;
     public $resource_name = null;
     private $usesCompiler = null;
-    private $isEvaluated = null; 
+    private $isEvaluated = null;
+    private $isExisting = null; 
     // Template source
     public $template_filepath = null;
     public $template_source = null;
@@ -157,6 +158,19 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Template extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
         return $this->template_source;
     } 
 
+    /**
+    * Returns if the  template is existing
+    * 
+    * The status is determined by the actual resource handler
+    * 
+    * @return boolean true if the template exists
+    */
+    public function isExisting ()
+    {
+        return $this->isExisting === null ?
+        $this->isExisting = $this->resource_objects[$this->resource_type]->isExisting($this) :
+        $this->isExisting;
+    } 
     /**
     * Returns if the template resource uses the Smarty compiler
     * 
@@ -194,6 +208,9 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Template extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
     */
     public function mustCompile ()
     {
+        if (!$this->isExisting()) {
+            throw new Exception("Unable to load template \"{$this->resource_type} : {$this->resource_name}\"");
+        } 
         if ($this->mustCompile === null) {
             $this->mustCompile = ($this->usesCompiler() && ($this->force_compile || $this->isEvaluated() || ($this->smarty->compile_check && $this->getCompiledTimestamp () !== $this->getTemplateTimestamp ())));
             if ($this->mustCompile) {
@@ -592,7 +609,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Template extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
                 } 
             } 
         } 
-        throw new Exception("Unable to load template \"{$file}\"");
+        // throw new Exception("Unable to load template \"{$file}\"");
         return false;
     } 
 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/method.template_exists.php b/libs/sysplugins/method.template_exists.php
index 9bb943e6..107b4fcb 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/method.template_exists.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/method.template_exists.php
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@
 * @return boolean status
 */
 function template_exists($smarty, $resource_name)
-{
-    foreach((array)$smarty->template_dir as $_template_dir) {
-        $_filepath = $_template_dir . $resource_name;
-        if (file_exists($_filepath))
-            return true;
-    } 
-    if (file_exists($resource_name)) return true; 
-    // no tpl file found
-    return false;
+{ 
+    // create template object
+    $tpl = new $smarty->template_class($resource_name, $smarty); 
+    // check if it does exists 
+        return $tpl->isExisting();
 } 
 
 ?>