Re: [SMARTY] Plugin problem

Erich C. Beyrent wrote:
> boots wrote:
>> Without knowing anything about your environment, my first thought on
>> this is to guess that you are probably using sessions and serializing
>> the Smarty object. If so, then don't. The Smarty object should never
>> be serialized because it contains environment specific state
>> information that may not be true once it is unserialized.
>>
>> xo boots
>>
>> *//*
> I am using sessions and storing the Smarty object in the session so that
> I can use it all over the site.  I inherited a rat's nest of code, and
> was trying to prevent having to create new Smarty objects all over the
> place, but from what you are saying, that's what I am going to have to do?

// write a simple function (not sure if/where you need/want to use the references
// for the Smarty object var):

function &getSmart()
{
	static $smarty;

	if (!isset($smarty)) {
		$smarty = new Smarty;
		/* do some config */
	}

	return $smarty;
}

class someJunkyClassWrittenBySomeoneEvenLessCapableThanMe
{
	function foo()
	{
		/* lots of rubbish code */

		$s = getSmart();		
		$s->assign('foo', $foo);
		return $s->fetch($templatefile);
	}
}


// alternatively use a global variable reference.

function someJunkyRoutineWrittenBySomeoneEvenLessCapableThanMe()
{
	global $myGlobalSmartyObject;

	/* lots of rubbish code */

	$myGlobalSmartyObject->assign('foo', $foo);
	return $myGlobalSmartyObject->fetch($templatefile);
}

> 
> -Erich-
>