Using PHP in the .TPL File

[Hostwebsite]

How can i use php includes in the .tpl file I want to include the header footer and sidebar.

 

Jess

[BAJI26]

{include file='header.tpl'}

[Hostwebsite]

Thanks

 

I used {include file='../includes/header.php'}

and it did not work

[BAJI26]

Where is WHMCS installed and where is the file that you want the header, footer and sidebar to show?

[Hostwebsite]

http://hostwebsite.co.nz/clients

http://hostwebsite.co.nz/includes/header.php

sidebar.php

footer.php

[pwner99]

Try:

 

{include file='../../includes/header.php'}

Edited July 4, 2009 by pwner99

[bear]

That would be incorrect. "../" brings it up out of the 'clients' directory, where the include directory is. "../../" would fail. Have you tried using root relative?

{include file='/includes/header.php'}

[pwner99]

It works just fine for me so I suggested it, sometimes these things just work For example I have an image in mydomain.com/images/image.png, and in my html file located in mydomain.com/account/file.html I can do this just fine:

 

<img src="../../images/image.png">

[bear]

Directory traversal only allows for publicly accessible locations, so it goes as far as possible then can't go further. It delivers whatever it can find at that level that matches, but it won't always work using that.

[Hostwebsite]

That would be incorrect. "../" brings it up out of the 'clients' directory, where the include directory is. "../../" would fail. Have you tried using root relative?

{include file='/includes/header.php'}

 

What is root relative?

[bear]

Root relative refers to document root, the main publicly viewable folder. There are three types of links:

• Document relative.
  Links are made with the calling document as the starting point. ("file.ext", "../file.ext" or "../../file.ext"). The server looks for the file starting from where the link is called.
  
• Root Relative.
  The server looks for the file starting at the lowest directory viewable by the public: the document root. This is done by using: "/file.ext" and signifies that the server should start looking for the file from the main folder (using cpanel, this is "/home/user/public_html"), no matter from where within the site it's referenced.
  
• Absolute link.
  Using the whole URI to tell where to find something, as in "http://www.example.com/folder/file.ext". This will start by the server looking for that domain, then folder then file, all externally. PHP/Apache settings might prohibit that from working as an include, however.
  

[Hostwebsite]

Root relative refers to document root, the main publicly viewable folder. There are three types of links:

• Document relative.
  Links are made with the calling document as the starting point. ("file.ext", "../file.ext" or "../../file.ext"). The server looks for the file starting from where the link is called.
  
• Root Relative.
  The server looks for the file starting at the lowest directory viewable by the public: the document root. This is done by using: "/file.ext" and signifies that the server should start looking for the file from the main folder (using cpanel, this is "/home/user/public_html"), no matter from where within the site it's referenced.
  
• Absolute link.
  Using the whole URI to tell where to find something, as in "http://www.example.com/folder/file.ext". This will start by the server looking for that domain, then folder then file, all externally. PHP/Apache settings might prohibit that from working as an include, however.
  

 

{include file='http://hostwebsite.co.nz/includes/header.php'}?

[BAJI26]

{include file='/home/user/public_html/includes/header.php'}

[Hostwebsite]

Now does

 

http://hostwebsite.co.nz/clients/

 

cant see why

[bear]

Mainly because of these:

<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="<?=base_url()?>/includes/css/style.css" />

 

This doesn't appear to be defined: ?=base_url()?

You also have this showing in the page's code: "include('functions.php');". That likely means it's not being parsed properly and being sent to the page as literal text. Fix this one, and it may fix the rest?

 

 

You might consider hiring someone to help you through this (just don't do so on this forum, please, it's against the rules).

[Hostwebsite]

Mainly because of these:

<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="<?=base_url()?>/includes/css/style.css" />

 

This doesn't appear to be defined: ?=base_url()?

You also have this showing in the page's code: "include('functions.php');". That likely means it's not being parsed properly and being sent to the page as literal text. Fix this one, and it may fix the rest?

 

 

You might consider hiring someone to help you through this (just don't do so on this forum, please, it's against the rules).

 

The base_url is defined in the functions.php document and is all working 100% except in the clients folder.

 

Jess

[Hostwebsite]

I now have got it semi working

 

http://hostwebsite.co.nz/clients/

 

I am not sure what width to alter to change for it being to narrow?

 

 

What file would my sidebar.php file go into?

[bear]

I am not sure what width to alter to change for it being to narrow?

 

For figuring out what to change, I'd highly recommend downloading the Firefox browser and the Firebug plugin for it, both free. It allows you to visually see the box model of the page (and change for testing in real time), and locate the element responsible for widths and so forth. Terrific tool for this.

[HerrZ]

PHP in smarty:

 

{php}

// for example php code

echo $this->get_template_vars('smartyvar');

{/php}