Need help with HTML_Template_IT

whats_her_name · September 3, 2007

So I'm just starting out with PHP, and would like to use templates. I keep reading how easy HTML_Template_IT is, but it just won't work for me, and I'm getting SO FRUSTRATED!

Please let me know if you see anything wrong with this code - because I just can't seem to find it, no matter what I change. It's posted here: http://www.tickled-ink.ca/shopping/shopping.php

What should be displayed is a list of 1 (currently that's all that's in the db) store. When I don't use a template, I get exactly the output I want - change to the template & I get a big, fat blank screen...

Directory structure:

./

./web

./web/includes

./web/includes/php

./web/includes/templates

./web/shopping/

LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE!! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Karrie

This is the PHP file shopping.php (NOTE: custom functions are all in db.php)

<?php
   include "HTML/Template/IT.php";
   include "../includes/php/db.php";

   if (!($connection = @ mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)))
      die("Cannot connect to database.  Try again later.");
   if (!(@ mysql_select_db($databaseName, $connection)))
      showerror();

   $shoppingQuery = getShoppingQuery();
   if (!($result = mysql_query($shoppingQuery, $connection))) {
      showerror();
   } else {
      $tpl = new HTML_Template_IT("../includes/templates/");
      $tpl->loadTemplatefile("shopping.tpl.htm", true, true);

      // HEADER SECTION
      $headerString = getHeaderString();
      $tpl->setCurrentBlock("PHEADER");
      $tpl->setVariable("VHEADER", $headerString);
      $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();

      //SECTION TITLE
      $tpl->setCurrentBlock("PTITLE");
      $tpl->setVariable("PAGETITLE", "Shopping in Regina's Warehouse District");
      $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
   
      //BUSINESSES SECTION
      while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
      {
         $addressString = getAddressString($row["suite_number"], $row["building_address1"]);
  
         $tpl->setCurrentBlock("BUSINESSES");
         $tpl->setVariable("ID", $row["business_id"]);
         $tpl->setVariable("BUSINESS", $row["business_name"]);
         $tpl->setVariable("ADDRESS", $addressString);
         $tpl->setVariable("PHONE", $row["phone_numbr"]);   
         $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
      }
   
      //FOOTER SECTION
      $footerString = getFooterString();

      $tpl->setCurrentBlock("PFOOTER");
      $tpl->setVariable("VFOOTER", $footerString);
      $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();

      $tpl->show();
   }
?>

This is the template file that is saved in ../includes/templates/shopping.tpl.htm

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
                      "http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>The Warehouse District - Shopping & Services</title>

<script language="JavaScript">
   function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
      if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
         document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
      else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
   }

   MM_reloadPage(true);
</script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../styles.css" type="text/css">

</head>
<body bgcolor="#000099" background="../../images/back-1.jpg" link="0" vlink="0" alink="0">

<script type='text/javascript' src='../rowda_1.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='../menu_com.js'></script>
<noscript>Your browser does not support script</noscript>

<div id="container">
<!-- BEGIN PHEADER -->
{VHEADER}
<!-- END PHEADER -->

<div id="content" style="height:400px;"><img src="../../images/arc_content.jpg" width="733" height="76">
   <div style="float:left; padding: 0px 10px 10px 30px; width:150px;">
      <h1>Shopping & Services</h1>
   </div>
   <div style="float:left; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; width:480px;">
      <!-- BEGIN PTITLE -->
  <h3>{PAGETITLE}</h3>
  <!-- END PTITLE -->
      <table width="480" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
     <tr>
	    <td width="150" align="left">Business Name</td>
		<td width="200" align="left">Address</td>
		<td width="130" align="left">Phone</td>
	 </tr>
         <!-- BEGIN BUSINESSES -->
	 <tr>
	    <td width="150" align="left"><a href="businessInfo.php?id={ID}">{BUSINESS}</a></td>
		<td width="200" align="left">{ADDRESS}</td>
		<td width="130" align="left">{PHONE}</td>
	 </tr>
	 <!-- END BUSINESSES -->
  </table>
   </div>
</div>
<div id="footer_contact"></div>
<div id="clear"></div>
<!-- BEGIN PFOOTER -->
{VFOOTER}
<!-- END PFOOTER -->
</div>
</body>
</html>

THANKS AGAIN!

whats_her_name · September 3, 2007

bump!

tippy_102 · September 4, 2007

Line #2 says: include "HTML/Template/IT.php";

but I don't see this directory in your structure outline above. Should it point to ./web/includes/templates?

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