Please help with smarty template error - php

Question

I just moved my website to another server and i got this error message using smarty template
http://bit.ly/5MZu2A
Here is part of the smarty file:
/**
* DIR_SEP isn't used anymore, but third party apps might
*/
if(!defined('DIR_SEP')) {
define('DIR_SEP', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
}
/**
* set SMARTY_DIR to absolute path to Smarty library files.
* if not defined, include_path will be used. Sets SMARTY_DIR only if user
* application has not already defined it.
*/
if (!defined('SMARTY_DIR')) {
define('SMARTY_DIR', dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
}
if (!defined('SMARTY_CORE_DIR')) {
define('SMARTY_CORE_DIR', SMARTY_DIR . 'internals' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
}
define('SMARTY_PHP_PASSTHRU', 0);
define('SMARTY_PHP_QUOTE', 1);
define('SMARTY_PHP_REMOVE', 2);
define('SMARTY_PHP_ALLOW', 3);
/**
* #package Smarty
*/
class Smarty
{
/**##+
* Smarty Configuration Section
*/
/**
* The name of the directory where templates are located.
*
* #var string
*/
var $template_dir = 'templates';
/**
* The directory where compiled templates are located.
*
* #var string
*/
var $compile_dir = 'templates_c';
/**
* The directory where config files are located.
*
* #var string
*/
var $config_dir = 'configs';
/**
* An array of directories searched for plugins.
*
* #var array
*/
var $plugins_dir = array('plugins');
And here is the path of my website and smarty file respectively
/home/cd/public_html
/home/cd/public_html/smarty/Smarty.class.php

Answer 1

You should post the PHP code where you sey up the smarty object - where you should declare paths if different from default.
This works fine for me:
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->template_dir = "./templates" ;
$smarty->compile_dir = "./templates_c" ;
$smarty->cache_dir = "./cache" ;
$smarty->config_dir = "./includes";
where the path to said folders is relative to the calling script, even if you keep it in an included file.

Answer 2

Absolute paths should be error-proof, I guess:
require '/home/cd/public_html/smarty/Smarty.class.php';
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->template_dir = "/home/cd/public_html/themes/default/templates" ;
$smarty->compile_dir = "/home/cd/public_html/themes/default/templates_c" ;
$smarty->cache_dir = "/home/cd/public_html/themes/default/cache" ;
$smarty->config_dir = "/home/cd/public_html/themes/default/includes";
as long as you have a cache and an include folder there (you may change their names freely, or put them elsewhere). Add this while working out the hitches:
$smarty->debugging = true;
to send a complete listing of smarty variables to a pop-up page (you might have to allow this in your browser's pop-up blocker).

Answer 3

You don't have to change Smarty.class.php at all. You probably have a declaration like $smarty = new Smarty() in your index.php where you should find the $smarty->template_dir = "path_to_your_dir";.

Answer 4

I fixed it, at least my hosting company did
The problem was from the database, smarty was using the previous path from the other hosting company i moved from so i needed to update the path.
Thanks!