Hi,

I have just read the very excellent PHP, MySQL & Javascript by Robin Nixon and have got a handle on most things but one thing that has got me stumped is installing Smarty on xampp. This is what I have done so far -

First – my set-up:

I am using xampp 1.7.4 and Smarty 1.0.6 and the server root is c:/xampp/htdocs/

I have the following file set-up:

xampp/htdocs/smarty/Smarty.class.php

xampp/temps/smarty/
templates/
templates_c/test.tpl
cache/
configs/

I have edited the php.ini file , ‘Paths & Directories’ to read:
include_path = “.;c:\php\includes”;“.;C:\xampp\smarty”

I have written a ‘c:/xampp/htdocs/smarty/smarty.php’ file that reads:

<?php

$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
require "$path/smarty/Smarty.class.php";

$smarty = new Smarty();


template_dir = “$path/temps/smarty/templates”;
$smarty->config_dir = “$path/temps/smarty/templates_c”;
$smarty->cache_dir = “$path/temps/smarty/cache”;
$smarty->compile_dir = “$path/temps/smarty/configs”;
$smarty->testInstall();
//$smarty->utilities->test();

$smarty->assign(‘name’, ‘Ned’);
$smarty->display(“$path/temps/smarty/templates/test.tpl”);

?>

I have also written a ‘c:/xammp/htdocs/temps/smarty/templates/test.tpl’ file that reads:

{* Smarty *}

Hello {$name}, welcome to Smarty!

When I run smarty.php the result I get is:

Smarty Installation test…
Testing template directory…
C:/xampp/htdocs/temps/smarty/templates is OK.
Testing compile directory…
C:/xampp/htdocs/temps/smarty/configs is OK.
Testing plugins directory…
C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\plugins\ is OK.
Testing cache directory…
C:/xampp/htdocs/temps/smarty/cache is OK.
Testing configs directory…
C:/xampp/htdocs/temps/smarty/templates_c is OK.
Tests complete.

Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘SmartyException’ with message ‘Unable to load template file ‘C:/xampp/htdocs/temps/smarty/templates/test.tpl” in C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\sysplugins\smarty_internal_template.php:163 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\sysplugins\smarty_internal_template.php(541): Smarty_Internal_Template->isExisting(true) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\Smarty.class.php(337): Smarty_Internal_Template->getRenderedTemplate() #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\Smarty.class.php(381): Smarty->fetch(‘C:/xampp/htdocs…’, NULL, NULL, NULL, true) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\smarty.php(24): Smarty->display(‘C:/xampp/htdocs…’) #4 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\smarty\sysplugins\smarty_internal_template.php on line 163

Where have I gone wrong?



Regards,

‘H’