Installing Smarty When I Can't Modify php.ini

[Vermillion]

First, I hope I got the right forum...

 

I use [http://www.07x.net 07x] (which sucks btw, but can't find anything better) as my host.

I want to install Smarty because it seems like that thing owns when it comes to separate HTML from PHP.

 

I have found [http://news.php.net/php.smarty.dev/2703 this guide] (well, Huntyr linked me to it ;P), and the main problem is that I can't modify the php.ini file to add a new includes location. I know I could change the installation guide a bit, but I heard that keeping the Smarty files out of the htdocs/www folder is safer.

 

If anyone has a possible solution, I will highly appreciate it ._..

[phparray]

You can set your include path by using ini_set() prior to everything else.  This works best if done in an include file that is always loaded first.

 

ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . ':'/path/to/the/additional/path/');

 

And since you mentioned it Hostmysite.com has some pretty awesome hosting.

[trq]

Even simpler...

 

set_include_path(get_include_path() . ':/path/to/smarty');

[Vermillion]

Woah woah, that's certainly something.

 

Thorpe, if I used your method, can I actually set that include path to a folder that is out of my www/htdocs folder? And I am assuming I will need to include that on every file that uses Smarty, right?

[phparray]

Opps sorry looks like there is a syntax error in mine.

 

Here is mine correct.

ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . ':/path/to/the/additional/path/');

 

 

thorpe's is better though.  I forgot about the php functions for set_include_path() and get_include_path().  This is a cleaner way. 

 

And yes the absolute path does not have to be in your web root. Specify it from the servers root. 

 

What you want to do is create a config file for your application that always gets run first.  Just put this in that config file then include that file at the top of all outward facing files. Never duplicate code. Write it once and reuse it.

 

[Vermillion]

Will set_include_path() modify the php.ini file?

I used get_include_path(), and I don't know where I will find this:

 

.:/usr/share/php:/tmp

 

lol

[trq]

Will set_include_path() modify the php.ini file?

I used get_include_path(), and I don't know where I will find this:

 

.:/usr/share/php:/tmp

 

lol

 

No, it won't modify your php.ini. It simply sets your include_path at runtime. The reason we use get_include_path inside the call to set_include_path is so that we can add to the current path. Your path is a list of directories seperated by :

 

So, your current path contains threee directories.

 

. <- the directory your script executes from.

/usr/share/php <- a common php include. This is where things like PEAR, Zend Framework and Smarty are usually installed.

/tmp <- The systems temporary directory.

[Vermillion]

Ah okay, thanks for that. Just refresh my memory.

 

usr/share/php

 

Inside the "php" directory, I have the htdocs directory, right? I can't check all the directories since I am on FTP to upload the files, I can just the directory that keeps htdocs inside.

[trq]

Inside the "php" directory, I have the htdocs directory, right? I can't check all the directories since I am on FTP to upload the files, I can just the directory that keeps htdocs inside.

 

No, if your on a shared server your htdocs directory is normally within your home directory somewhere. Something like /home/username/htdocs. /usr/share/php is (as I said in my previous reply) normally where shared libraries (like zend framework, pear and even smarty) are installed. On a shared host you won't have control over whats in /usr/share/php but you can use whatever is in there becuasde its in your include path.

[dhie]

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[corbin]

What are you talking about?