Ignoring If/Else Statement

[maxudaskin]

Hi guys,

I'm customizing an OpenCart template that is riddled with programming bugs. It is MVC and I am having a really odd issue with a controller file.

 

The template that I want to use is not loading. I have edited the one in the selected template and also the default, but no avail. I was troubleshooting why it wasn't working and I came to the conclusion that either I am completely blind or stupid, or PHP is all of a sudden a troll.

 

Please let me know if you need more context, but here is a snippet of the code and the result. I am really at a loss right now.

 

Result:

14

Code:

echo "1";

if (file_exists(DIR_TEMPLATE . $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/product/category.tpl')) {
	echo "2";die();
	$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view($this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/product/category.tpl', $data));
} else {
	echo "3";die();
	$this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('default/template/product/category.tpl', $data));
}
echo "4";die();

[maxudaskin]

Turns out OpenCart has been modifying the source and adding an additional } that is creating a syntax error. Off to find the root of this issue.