Phrase error while loading tpl file form hook

[ChrisTERiS]

Hello,

I'm using this code to load a template from within a hook:

$my_template_code = file_get_contents('mytemplate.tpl');

Works fine as for design, but it does not output any phrase.

eg This:

<input type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-block" value="{$LANG.affiliatesactivate}" />

appears as this in output:

Any idea what's going wrong? If I add the template code inside the hook, like this:

<input type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-block" value="'.Lang::trans('affiliatesactivate').'" />

works, but I don't like to have code and design in a php file.

 

Thank you

Chris

[Kian]

With file_get_contents() you get the content of a file "as is". It doesn't magically parse variables. You'll need to parse them manually with str_replace.

Anyway I don't see why you need to use file_get_content(). If you really want to follow this path, maybe a better option is Smarty fetch. It allows you to return template output instead of displaying it.

[ChrisTERiS]

4 minutes ago, Kian said:

If you really want to follow this path, maybe a better option is Smarty fetch. It allows you to return template output instead of displaying it.

I think that with a single answer you solved 2 of my problems. Need to test it. Have another post where I was wondering why $smarty->fetch() does not works. But I was trying with $ca->fetch()

Thank you !