category filter w/ Smarty Template problem

[giggler]

I was trying to add the category filter and it's within a smarty template tag. The calendar and list is working fine with the following smarty php tag:

{php}$OL=1; require("calendar/calendar.php"){/php}


but when i try this, it does not work and gives me a blank area and doesn't even show the calendar either:
{php} require("calendar/plugins/filter.php"){/php}

[ve9gra]

Just to try, add this line at the top of filter.php

require("../config.inc.php");

[giggler]

I tried that and didn't work. Same thing, the rest of the page (anything following the code) will not show up. I've also tried moving the filter.php file to the root of calendar and didn't work either. The legend.php file is the same... So it seem like anything in a sub directory is causing a problem.

[ve9gra]

One of the reasons why I stopped using Smarty. It's so complicated to make real PHP work inside of a template that it was just too much of a pain.

[giggler]

I just actually tried it in demo.php and it did the same thing. Anything following the code is gone, when I take out the code, it's back. So I guess it isn't a Smarty issue in this case.

Is there maybe some path setting?

[Brian]

The filter.php file may be corrupt. Try uploading it again and be sure to use binary mode.

[giggler]

I've tried uploading it again using binary mode and still the same. This occurs for the legend.php as well.

[Brian]

Can you attach the modified demo.php file so I can see what may be happening with it?

[giggler]

Here it is...his one has the legend code in it.

[ve9gra]

That is because of the path you're using. The demo file is already inside of the /calendar folder, so your path should be "plugins/legend.php".

[giggler]

oh right, I didn't change that. But for the one in Smarty, the path should be have the directory calendar in front, doesn't work the same as displaying the calendar and viewing...

[giggler]

hmmm.. I just put the code under the following and it worked, but the drop down below everything:

 {php}$LIST=1; 
$listMonths = 12;
$noOld=1;
$DF = "D - M d"; 
$template="monthly.php"; 
require ("calendar/calendar.php"){/php}  

 {php}

[ve9gra]

The reason why it won't display the legend (or the filter) is because of the templating engine...

When something is using the template, the variables are "segregated" from the rest of the code. So, if you look at the code for both the legend and the filter, it says if you don't find the categories described, exit. Since the categories have either not been defined yet, or that they have but are not accessible to the template, nothing is displayed.

That's why I asked you to add the require("../config.inc.php"); in the legend.php - it's what defines the categories.

[giggler]

Here is what worked to make the drop down above the calendar list. I added this on the top part of filter.php. This code is part of the code from calendar.php, but changing the functions/calendar.php to functions/categories.php. Now it works fine in Smarty (replace /var/path/domain.com/ with your domain path.) Maybe it doesn't need all this, but I'm not a coder:

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);



if ($epcGetInit!=1) {



// DETERMINE NAME OF CURRENT FILE

if (!isset($thisFile) || (isset($_GET['thisFile']) || isset($_POST['thisFile']))) {

  $thisFile = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];

  $thisFile = explode("/",trim($thisFile)); 

  $thisFile = $thisFile[count($thisFile)-1];

  if (!file_exists($thisFile)) $thisFile = htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

  }



// SERVER (ROOT) PATH TO ESCAL FOLDER

// This address should start and end with a "/" unless this is on a windows server where it will start with a drive letter;

if (!isset($serverPath) || $serverPath!="../" || $getPaths==1) {

$serverPath="/var/path/domain.com/httpdocs/calendar/";

}



// URL PATH TO ESCAL FOLDER

// This address should start and end with a "/". *

// It is usually the name of the directory this file is in (Example: "/escal/");

// * If you enter the full URL starting with "http://", this address will not be verified by the calendar script!

$urlPath="/calendar/";



}



if ($getPaths!=1 && $epcGetInit!=1) {



// GET HTML FUNCTIONS

require_once($serverPath."functions/functions.inc.php");



// CURRENT THEME

$currentTheme="default";







// DISPLAY CALENDAR

if ($CSS=="" && $OL!=1 && $LIST!=1 && $PCSS=="" && $TOC=="" && $MULTIX=="" && $EPCBLOG=="" && $EPCAJAX=="") {

  if (!file_exists($serverPath."config.inc.php")) die ("<font color=red>Server Path Error.</font><br />Please run the Setup Manager to correct this problem.<br /><br />");

  if ($license=="" || !isset($license) || !isset($gmt) || $gmt=="") {require ($serverPath."config.inc.php");}

  require ($serverPath."functions/categories.php");

  }



// UNSET MODE VARIABLES

unset ($CSS,$PCSS,$OL,$LIST,$TOC,$MULTI,$MULTIX,$EPCAJAX);

}