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+<?php
+
+/**
+* Smarty method compile_dir
+* 
+* Compiles all template files in an given directory
+* 
+* @package Smarty
+* @subpackage SmartyMethod
+* @author Uwe Tews 
+*/
+
+/**
+* Compile all template files
+* 
+* @param string $dir_name name of directories
+* @return integer number of template files deleted
+*/
+function compile_directory($smarty, $dir_name = null, $extention = '.tpl')
+{ 
+    function _get_time()
+    {
+        $_mtime = microtime();
+        $_mtime = explode(" ", $_mtime);
+        return (double)($_mtime[1]) + (double)($_mtime[0]);
+    } 
+
+    // set default directory
+    if ($dir_name == null) {
+        $dir_name = $smarty->template_dir;
+    } 
+    // switch off time limit
+    if (function_exists('set_time_limit')) {
+        @set_time_limit(0);
+    } 
+
+    $smarty->force_compile = true;
+    $_count = 0; 
+    // loop over array of template directories
+    foreach ($dir_name as $_dir) {
+        $_compileDirs = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($_dir);
+        $_compile = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($_compileDirs);
+        foreach ($_compile as $_fileinfo) {
+            if (strpos($_fileinfo, '.svn') !== false) continue;
+                $_file = $_fileinfo->getFilename();
+                if (!substr_compare($_file, $extention, - strlen($extention)) == 0) continue;
+                echo '<br>' . $_fileinfo->getPath().'\\'.$_file;
+                flush();
+                $_start_time = _get_time(); 
+                try {
+                    $_tpl = $smarty->createTemplate($_file); 
+                    $_tpl->getCompiledTemplate();
+                } 
+                catch (Exception $e) {
+                    echo 'Error: ', $e->getMessage(), "<br><br>";
+                } 
+                echo ' done in  ',_get_time() - $_start_time,' seconds';
+            } 
+    } 
+    return $_count;
+} 
+
+?>