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Integrate Smarty Template Parsing into CodeIgniter

Aken

Posted: 30 January 2012 10:14 PM

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https://github.com/cryode/CodeIgniter_Smarty

Visit the Github page to download the code and view the basic installation instructions.

Also make sure to read the Smarty documentation for how to set up your view files to use Smarty features.

v1.1.0—March 12, 2013

- Smarty updated to version 3.1.13
- New auto-escape variables feature
- $ci global var changed to $CI
- CI 3.0 VIEWPATH constant used, when available
- Licensed properly!

I like to use Smarty due for its templating context, rather than using PHP tags, as well as the ability to easily set up things like common header/footers, etc, without doing it in your controllers or other PHP areas.

I’ve always used Smarty in a pretty basic way, so I haven’t integrated some of the fancier features quite yet. But I’m in the process of adding / playing / testing, and will continually add and/or optimize the code as I see fit.

I don’t think I’ll need to do much support for this basic install, but if anyone has questions, please let me know. Also please suggest any features you might like, or bugs if you happen to spot one.

Cheers!

Aken

Posted: 19 February 2012 04:41 PM

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I’ve seen a couple other topics involving Smarty pop up lately - just though I’d bump this as another option for those wishing to utilize Smarty in their CodeIgniter install.

Abel A.

Posted: 23 May 2012 08:00 PM

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how do you pass variables?

Abel A.

Posted: 23 May 2012 08:25 PM

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I get this error when smarty compiles a template:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: strftime() [function.strftime]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PDT/-7.0/DST' instead

Filename: sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php

Line Number: 148

it’s a fresh installation of CI w/ only your smarty plugin

weboap

Posted: 23 May 2012 10:16 PM

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thats a message from your php.

in your php.ini add this line

date.timezone = PST

or
add to your config/config.php

date_default_timezone_set(‘America/Los_Angeles’);

Abel A.

Posted: 23 May 2012 11:54 PM

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weboap - 23 May 2012 10:16 PM
thats a message from your php.

in your php.ini add this line

date.timezone = PST

or
add to your config/config.php

date_default_timezone_set(‘America/Los_Angeles’);

perfect, thanks

Abel A.

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:26 PM

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I think I found a bug: You can’t load a view outside the CI_Controller class. Example:

class Core {

 public $CI;
 
 public function __construct()
 {
  $this->CI =& get_instance();
 }
 
 public function msg($msg)
 {
  $this->CI->load->helper('url');
  
  //if (strlen($msg->location) > 1) header("Refresh:3;url=".base_url().$msg->location);
  
  $assgin_data = array("msg"=>$msg);
  $this->CI->load->view('pos_msg',$assgin_data);
  exit;
 }
} 

In theory when $this->core->msg($msg) is called within a controller, the view should be loaded from the msg function. Is this a bug? or am I using CI improperly?

Aken

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:55 PM

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What is Core supposed to be, a library? You don’t typically want to do any view loading or things of that nature inside libraries. I also don’t know what’s wrong if you don’t post an error or something. exit() is also likely preventing the output class from displaying the view you just tried to load.

My advice would be to not do things that way in the first place.

weboap

Posted: 26 May 2012 01:17 AM

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@berkguy i think you will have to do some reading budy! start here http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Category:Help::Tutorials

Jagar

Posted: 25 October 2012 12:12 AM

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Hi Aken,

Thanks for creating this tutorial for Smarty. I had configured smarty to work with CI but since I have upgraded to the latest version that doesn’t work anymore. So your tutorial came to the rescue.

I have used your code and it seem to be working almost, but now I get the following messages

A PHP Error was encountered

    Severity: Notice

    Message: Undefined index: CI

    Filename: compiled/060e3d07d36782b6d7a593e1ab9b4335bd4afa5f.file.header2.tpl.php

    Line Number: 37

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Trying to get property of non-object

Filename: compiled/060e3d07d36782b6d7a593e1ab9b4335bd4afa5f.file.header2.tpl.php

Line Number: 37

Also I have the following on


$config['log_threshold'] = 1

Thanks

Jagar

Posted: 25 October 2012 12:22 AM

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I just looked at my header2.tpl file and I saw the following

<li><a >uri->segment(1) == ""} id="selected" {/if} 
<a >uri->segment(1) == "about"} id="selected" {/if} 

I will have to find another way to get this to work

Thanks

Aken

Posted: 25 October 2012 01:59 AM

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Jagar, perhaps you have a syntax / parse error in your template file. Check all your braces and such.

Also, if you’re trying to use the CI super object in your template, I believe you need to use lowercase “ci”. PHP variables are case-sensitive.

Makelaly

Posted: 25 October 2012 09:22 PM

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This is my first time i visit here. I found so many entertaining stuff in your post, nice to see that. especially its discussion. From the tons of comments on your articles, I guess I am not the only one having all the leisure here! Keep up

the good work.

Jagar

Posted: 02 November 2012 10:44 PM

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While I have the site set to the the following…


define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');

I am getting so many notices for any variables that has no value.

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined index: variable_name

Filename: compiled/05c167972ba6cf610a299ccf7eb20dfc787e78c8.file.....php

Line Number: 45

I understand that I can set the environment to production, but I would like to get rid of any errors and notices rather than hiding them and was wondering if you have workaround these

Thank you again

Thank you

Aken

Posted: 03 November 2012 07:44 AM

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Those errors come from your code, not the template library. Chances are you are trying to use a variable in your template that you have not added to your view data array.

Jagar

Posted: 03 November 2012 11:05 PM

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Thanks again Aken, I have defined the variables and the errors are not coming back

Regards

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