Smarty does not work

[kid304]

test1.php

<?
    include("Includes/template.php");
$a='This is example';
$tpl= new Template();
$tpl->cache = $cache;
$tpl->cache_lifetime = $cachetime;
     $tpl->assign('a',$a);
     $tpl->display('test1.tpl');

?>

 

test1.tpl

 

{$a}

 

test2.php

<?
include("Includes/template.php");

$tpl= new Template();
$tpl->cache = $cache;
$tpl->cache_lifetime = $cachetime;
     $tpl->display('test2.tpl');

?>

test2.tpl

 

{include file='test1.tpl'}

 

when i run: test2.php

result is empty, "This is example" didn't display 

 

what's wrong with my code, please help me?

 

[redarrow]

The php smarty engine, is a php 3rd party ad don designed to use freely buy anybody.

 

here there forum

 

http://www.smarty.net/forums/

 

your get better support buy those who use it daily....

 

 

this is the basic insulation of smarty looks scary to me good luck.

 

http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/installing.smarty.basic.php

 

[Zyx]

And what you expect to see, if you do not set the variable $a in test2.php? You include a template, not a PHP script.