Globally loading arrays: Best practice?

28/12/2005, 10h10

I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation.
Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file that
calls the SMARTY template like this:

<?php
....
require('menu.inc');
....
?>

This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a newline
is added to the beginning of all output pages like this:

--- begin ---

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
<head>
<title>Testpage</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navigation">

</div>
</body>
</html>
--- end ---

To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the
contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at the
beginning of the output is gone.

Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of doing
this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to use
if I want to add an array as variable.

Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought I'd
ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done
the way I think or might be done in a much better way.

Any tipps or hints?

TIA,

p@rick

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28/12/2005, 13h24

There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the
..php script or the template

Pete

Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation.
> Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file that
> calls the SMARTY template like this:
>
> <?php
> ...
> require('menu.inc');
> ...
> ?>
>
> This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a newline
> is added to the beginning of all output pages like this:
>
> --- begin ---
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
> <head>
> <title>Testpage</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <div class="navigation">
>
> </div>
> </body>
> </html>
> --- end ---
>
> To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the
> contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at the
> beginning of the output is gone.
>
> Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of doing
> this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to use
> if I want to add an array as variable.
>
> Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought I'd
> ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done
> the way I think or might be done in a much better way.
>
> Any tipps or hints?
>
> TIA,
>
> p@rick
>

28/12/2005, 14h11

* Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>:
> There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the
> .php script or the template

That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the
files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I
couldn't find anything else.

Any other ideas?

p@rick

>
> Pete
>
> Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation.
> >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file
> >that
> >calls the SMARTY template like this:
> >
> ><?php
> >...
> >require('menu.inc');
> >...
> >?>
> >
> >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a
> >newline
> >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this:
> >
> >--- begin ---
> >
> ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
> ><head>
> > <title>Testpage</title>
> ></head>
> ><body>
> ><div class="navigation">
> >
> ></div>
> ></body>
> ></html>
> >--- end ---
> >
> >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the
> >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at
> >the
> >beginning of the output is gone.
> >
> >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of
> >doing
> >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to
> >use
> >if I want to add an array as variable.
> >
> >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought
> >I'd
> >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done
> >the way I think or might be done in a much better way.
> >
> >Any tipps or hints?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >p@rick
> >
>
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28/12/2005, 14h17

* Patrick Ben Koetter <p@state-of-mind.de>:
> * Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>:
> > There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the
> > .php script or the template
>
> That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the
> files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I
> couldn't find anything else.

Sometimes when you think you've checked everything it pays to do it again.
Yes, there was one more whitespace and after deleting it the error's gone.

Thanks!

p@rick

>
> Any other ideas?
>
> p@rick
>
>
>
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> > >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation.
> > >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file
> > >that
> > >calls the SMARTY template like this:
> > >
> > ><?php
> > >...
> > >require('menu.inc');
> > >...
> > >?>
> > >
> > >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a
> > >newline
> > >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this:
> > >
> > >--- begin ---
> > >
> > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> > ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
> > ><head>
> > > <title>Testpage</title>
> > ></head>
> > ><body>
> > ><div class="navigation">
> > >
> > ></div>
> > ></body>
> > ></html>
> > >--- end ---
> > >
> > >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the
> > >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at
> > >the
> > >beginning of the output is gone.
> > >
> > >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of
> > >doing
> > >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to
> > >use
> > >if I want to add an array as variable.
> > >
> > >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought
> > >I'd
> > >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done
> > >the way I think or might be done in a much better way.
> > >
> > >Any tipps or hints?
> > >
> > >TIA,
> > >
> > >p@rick
> > >
> >
> > --
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> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
> >
>
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>
> Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227
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28/12/2005, 14h38

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 03:17:47PM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> * Patrick Ben Koetter <p@state-of-mind.de>:
> > * Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>:
> > > There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the
> > > .php script or the template
> >
> > That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the
> > files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I
> > couldn't find anything else.
>
> Sometimes when you think you've checked everything it pays to do it again.
> Yes, there was one more whitespace and after deleting it the error's gone.
>
> Thanks!

just a tip for the next time: turn off output-buffering and put out
some header() right before $smarty->display(). a more recent php will
throw an error like:

E_WARNING: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
(output started at ...:nn) in ... line nn

so the error message will contain the precise location of the
errornous whitespace

greetings
messju

> p@rick
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > p@rick
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> > > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> > > >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation.
> > > >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file
> > > >that
> > > >calls the SMARTY template like this:
> > > >
> > > ><?php
> > > >...
> > > >require('menu.inc');
> > > >...
> > > >?>
> > > >
> > > >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a
> > > >newline
> > > >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this:
> > > >
> > > >--- begin ---
> > > >
> > > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> > > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> > > ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
> > > ><head>
> > > > <title>Testpage</title>
> > > ></head>
> > > ><body>
> > > ><div class="navigation">
> > > >
> > > ></div>
> > > ></body>
> > > ></html>
> > > >--- end ---
> > > >
> > > >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the
> > > >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at
> > > >the
> > > >beginning of the output is gone.
> > > >
> > > >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of
> > > >doing
> > > >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to
> > > >use
> > > >if I want to add an array as variable.
> > > >
> > > >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought
> > > >I'd
> > > >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done
> > > >the way I think or might be done in a much better way.
> > > >
> > > >Any tipps or hints?
> > > >
> > > >TIA,
> > > >
> > > >p@rick
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> >
> > --
> > state of mind
> > Agentur für Kommunikation und Design
> >
> > Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227
> > Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226
> > 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de
> >
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>
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>
> Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227
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28/12/2005, 10h10	#1
Patrick Ben Koetter Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Globally loading arrays: Best practice? I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation. Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file that calls the SMARTY template like this: <?php .... require('menu.inc'); .... ?> This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a newline is added to the beginning of all output pages like this: --- begin --- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> <head> <title>Testpage</title> </head> <body> <div class="navigation"> </div> </body> </html> --- end --- To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at the beginning of the output is gone. Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of doing this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to use if I want to add an array as variable. Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought I'd ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done the way I think or might be done in a much better way. Any tipps or hints? TIA, p@rick -- state of mind Agentur für Kommunikation und Design Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de

28/12/2005, 13h24	#2
Pedro Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Globally loading arrays: Best practice? There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the ..php script or the template Pete Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation. > Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file that > calls the SMARTY template like this: > > <?php > ... > require('menu.inc'); > ... > ?> > > This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a newline > is added to the beginning of all output pages like this: > > --- begin --- > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> > <head> > <title>Testpage</title> > </head> > <body> > <div class="navigation"> > > </div> > </body> > </html> > --- end --- > > To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the > contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at the > beginning of the output is gone. > > Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of doing > this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to use > if I want to add an array as variable. > > Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought I'd > ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done > the way I think or might be done in a much better way. > > Any tipps or hints? > > TIA, > > p@rick >

28/12/2005, 14h11	#3
Patrick Ben Koetter Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: [SMARTY] Re: Globally loading arrays: Best practice? * Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>: > There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the > .php script or the template That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I couldn't find anything else. Any other ideas? p@rick > > Pete > > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation. > >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file > >that > >calls the SMARTY template like this: > > > ><?php > >... > >require('menu.inc'); > >... > >?> > > > >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a > >newline > >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this: > > > >--- begin --- > > > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> > ><head> > > <title>Testpage</title> > ></head> > ><body> > ><div class="navigation"> > > > ></div> > ></body> > ></html> > >--- end --- > > > >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the > >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at > >the > >beginning of the output is gone. > > > >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of > >doing > >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to > >use > >if I want to add an array as variable. > > > >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought > >I'd > >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done > >the way I think or might be done in a much better way. > > > >Any tipps or hints? > > > >TIA, > > > >p@rick > > > > -- > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- state of mind Agentur für Kommunikation und Design Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de

28/12/2005, 14h17	#4
Patrick Ben Koetter Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	solved: Re: [SMARTY] Re: Globally loading arrays: Best practice? * Patrick Ben Koetter <p@state-of-mind.de>: > * Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>: > > There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the > > .php script or the template > > That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the > files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I > couldn't find anything else. Sometimes when you think you've checked everything it pays to do it again. Yes, there was one more whitespace and after deleting it the error's gone. Thanks! p@rick > > Any other ideas? > > p@rick > > > > > > > Pete > > > > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation. > > >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file > > >that > > >calls the SMARTY template like this: > > > > > ><?php > > >... > > >require('menu.inc'); > > >... > > >?> > > > > > >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a > > >newline > > >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this: > > > > > >--- begin --- > > > > > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> > > ><head> > > > <title>Testpage</title> > > ></head> > > ><body> > > ><div class="navigation"> > > > > > ></div> > > ></body> > > ></html> > > >--- end --- > > > > > >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the > > >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at > > >the > > >beginning of the output is gone. > > > > > >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of > > >doing > > >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to > > >use > > >if I want to add an array as variable. > > > > > >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought > > >I'd > > >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done > > >the way I think or might be done in a much better way. > > > > > >Any tipps or hints? > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > >p@rick > > > > > > > -- > > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > state of mind > Agentur für Kommunikation und Design > > Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 > Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 > 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de > > -- > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- state of mind Agentur für Kommunikation und Design Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de

28/12/2005, 14h38	#5
messju mohr Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: [SMARTY] solved: Re: [SMARTY] Re: Globally loading arrays: Best practice? On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 03:17:47PM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * Patrick Ben Koetter <p@state-of-mind.de>: > > * Pedro <daffodil@daffodil.uk.com>: > > > There is probably some white space before or after the php tags in the > > > .php script or the template > > > > That's what I had thought at first too and I spent an hour double-checking the > > files. And yes, I found whitespace after one php tag, but that's it. I > > couldn't find anything else. > > Sometimes when you think you've checked everything it pays to do it again. > Yes, there was one more whitespace and after deleting it the error's gone. > > Thanks! just a tip for the next time: turn off output-buffering and put out some header() right before $smarty->display(). a more recent php will throw an error like: E_WARNING: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at ...:nn) in ... line nn so the error message will contain the precise location of the errornous whitespace greetings messju > p@rick > > > > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > p@rick > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > > Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > > >I've created an array to hold the structure for a website navigation. > > > >Initially I would load this array via a "menu.inc" file in the PHP file > > > >that > > > >calls the SMARTY template like this: > > > > > > > ><?php > > > >... > > > >require('menu.inc'); > > > >... > > > >?> > > > > > > > >This however produces a sideeffect that sends IE into quirksmode - a > > > >newline > > > >is added to the beginning of all output pages like this: > > > > > > > >--- begin --- > > > > > > > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > > > >"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > > ><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> > > > ><head> > > > > <title>Testpage</title> > > > ></head> > > > ><body> > > > ><div class="navigation"> > > > > > > > ></div> > > > ></body> > > > ></html> > > > >--- end --- > > > > > > > >To verify the "require('menu.inc');" causes the problem, I've included the > > > >contents of "menu.inc" into my "test.php" file and bingo! the newline at > > > >the > > > >beginning of the output is gone. > > > > > > > >Now I am looking for a convenient way to do this globally. I thought of > > > >doing > > > >this with {config_load file="menu.conf"}, but I am not sure what syntax to > > > >use > > > >if I want to add an array as variable. > > > > > > > >Reading the docs I guess I should use "triple quotes (""")", but I thought > > > >I'd > > > >ask here first, before I spend a few hours on something that cannot be done > > > >the way I think or might be done in a much better way. > > > > > > > >Any tipps or hints? > > > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > > > >p@rick > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > > state of mind > > Agentur für Kommunikation und Design > > > > Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 > > Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 > > 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de > > > > -- > > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > state of mind > Agentur für Kommunikation und Design > > Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 > Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 > 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de > > -- > Smarty General Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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