Help with Smarty custom functions

[Nealm]

I cannot get my smarty templete to see my smarty function. I placed the new function in the functions_checkout.php file. I placed the function in the step3.tpl.php template. When executed, nothing happens. As part of the debuging process, I removed most of the code so that it is now only a function and return as follows:

function smarty_function_gsdates($section)
{
$test=="This worked";
return $test;
}

The call in the template is:

{$smarty_function_gsdates}


Once I get the tempate to see the function, I will add in additional coding.

[Lhotch]

Your intermixing php functions and smarty functions but it doesnt work like that.

Smarty functions can of course contain php but by default when you call a smarty function it looks in a predefined place for the function and is the same as running PHP code within a template. Try taking your function code above and put it in a file called....

function.gsdates.php

and place it in /includes/classes/smarty/plugins/

then if you call the smarty function in the template, it should look in that folder and execute the proper function.

[Nealm]

Thanks,

That lead me in the right direction. After a little bit of experimentation, I got it to work.