> From: Urb LeJeune
> I would like to accomplish the following:
>
> 1. Have Smarty always look in path
> /home/e-gov/htdocs/templates for templates.
> That works fine if I hard code the path in the display() function.
>
> 2. Have Smarty always look in the that
>
> /home/e-gov/htdocs/tempates_c or
> /home/e-gov/htdocs/templates/templates_
>
> Can this be done?

I find it easiest to extend the Smarty class and set that stuff in the
constructor, e.g. in php4:

require_once 'Smarty.class.php';

class Template extends Smarty
{
function Template()
{
//Call Smarty Constructor
$this->Smarty();

//Determine where the smarty files are -- slashes on both
sides
$base_path = _LOCALPATH.'/some/path/';

//Assign Smarty defaults -- trailing slash only
$this->template_dir = _LOCALPATH.'/public_html/templates/';
$this->compile_dir = $base_path.'templates_c/';
$this->config_dir = $base_path.'configs/';
$this->cache_dir = $base_path.'cache/';
$this->plugins_dir = array(SMARTY_DIR.'/plugins',
$base_path.'plugins/');

//cache settings, for when we do use caching
$this->use_sub_dirs = 1; // enable cache subdirectories
$this->cache_lifetime = 3600; // 60 minutes

//caching turned off by default
$this->caching = 0;

}
}

Maybe there's a better way, but this works well for me.

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Max Schwanekamp
NeptuneWebworks.com