function php in tpl not work why?

[StORE]

Hi all

 

I have this functions but not work

[code]
{php}function check_sv($ipaddress) {
$http = @ fsockopen($ipaddress, 80, $errno, $errstr, 5);

           if($http) {
              $status = "Online";
           }else {
               $status =  "Offline";
           }
           return $status;

}{/php} 
{$status}

[/code]

[WHMCS JamesX]

First problem... you've defined the function, but aren't actually calling it though. Unless you have a specific need for it to be a function, simply put the code that you want to run within the {php} tags and end it by setting a smarty variable which you can then reference within the template itself.