Cake with Smarty(ies)

Joe Topjian propose a possible method for Smarty on the google group. here on some possible modifications.

1) Get the Smarty library
2) Add Smarty to /vendors

<?php
        vendor('Smarty/libs/Smarty.class');
          
        class SmartyComponent extends smarty {
               
                var $template_dir = null;
                var $compile_dir = null;
                var $cache_dir = null; 
              
             function startup(&$controller)
             {
                 if (isset($controller->params['plugin']) && $controller->params['plugin'] != "")
                 {
                     $view_path = ROOT .DS. 'plugins' .DS. strtolower($controller->params['plugin']) 
                                 .DS. 'views' .DS. strtolower($controller->name) .DS;
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     $view_path = VIEWS . strtolower($controller->name) . DS;
                 }
                 $this->template_dir = $view_path .'smarty'.DS;
                 $this->compile_dir = TMP.DS.'smarty'.DS.'compile'.DS;
                 $this->cache_dir = TMP.DS.'smarty'.DS.'cache'.DS;
             }
        }
?>

class PostsController extends AppController {
var $name = 'Posts';
var $components=array('Smarty');
var $autoRender = false;//make sure cake does not render
 
function index() {
  $this->Smarty->assign('data', $this->Post->findAll());
  $this->Smarty->display('index.tpl');
}

So with the above code the smarty templates would be in /app/views/posts/smarty/index.tpl
the compile directory would be /tmp/smarty/compile/
the cache directory would be /tmp/smarty/cache/

This will give you a basic Smarty set up overriding Cake’s default rendering. Be aware that you won’t have access to scaffolding, the html helper, and other Cake view features. However, Smarty is a very fast, elegant, and easy to use template language – so give it a shot!

Installation Bugg Reports
RC6 Check cake/basics.php vendor() function, if(file_exists(APP.’vendors’.DS.$arg.php))
–> Remove ‘.php’ if necessary so that it reads: if(file_exists( APP.’vendors’.DS.$arg ))
RC6 Verify Component has correct directory structure (remove ‘DS’ if necessary): $this→template_dir = VIEWS.DS.$viewDir.DS.’smarty’.DS;
–>Remove ‘.DS’ if necessary so that it reads: $this→template_dir = VIEWS.$viewDir.DS.’smarty’.DS;