Hi there!

A new release is available: my little forum 2.3

There is nothing really noticeable new in this release (changelog), most changes are under-the-hood improvements and updates. The biggest change is the update of the Smarty template engine (version 2 to 3) and the necessary changes in the back end, templates and language files. Also, PHP 5 is required now (as Smarty 3 requires it).

Most of the language files are still incomplete but in most of them only a few strings are missing (search for <!-- TODO -->). If you translate them, please edit the file in the localization wiki (requires registration/login), send me the updated language file ( alex at mylittleforum dot net ) or post the translations here. Thank you!

Alex

Hi,

I update now. It is usefull to switch to the default-template befor updating the software; otherwise, you will get a blank page. The causation is the change in the main.tmpl-file.

kind regards
Micha

Hi Milo,
Is it possible for you to help me. I have just updated and have a problem.

In my main.tbl file I had an include:
{php}
include( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
{/php}

This does not work with the new version of MLF

I have tried things like:
{include_php $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc'}

Nothing seems to work.
I'm pulling my hair out (almost bald anyway)
I hope you or someone can help me before I go mad.

Many thanks
Eddie

Hi,

Is it possible for you to help me. I have just updated and have a problem.

In my main.tbl file I had an include:
{php}
include( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
{/php}

According to the documentation, it seems to be correct. Do you really need the global array $_SERVER to include a file?

regards
Micha

Hi Eddie!

The Smarty 2->3 upgrade notes say:

The {php} tag is disabled by default. The use of {php} tags is deprecated. It can be enabled with $smarty->allow_php_tag=true.

So you could try to add

$smarty->allow_php_tag=true;

after

$smarty = new Smarty;

in index.php (line 36).

Alex

Hi Micha many thanks for getting back to me.

I think I've tried every thing I can think of including taking the global array out.

I even moved navbar.inc to the Themes directory thinking that it might be a security issue.

Embedding the file into the main.tbl is the only thing that seems to work but that is pretty useless as its a navigation memu that used on many other pages.

As soon as I insert {php}***{/php} or {include_php *** } I get a blank screen.

Eddie

Hi Eddie!

The Smarty 2->3 upgrade notes say:

The {php} tag is disabled by default. The use of {php} tags is deprecated. It can be enabled with $smarty->allow_php_tag=true.

So you could try to add

$smarty->allow_php_tag=true;

after

$smarty = new Smarty;

in index.php (line 36).

Alex

Great News
Many thanks Alex and Milo for your help.
Adding

$smarty->allow_php_tag=true;

works.

Much thanks and appreciation
Eddie

Hi again!

{php}
include( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
{/php}

Is navbar.inc a php script? Otherwise I would just use {include}:

{include file="$theme/subtemplates/navbar.inc"}

Alex

Hi again!

{php}
include( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
{/php}

Is navbar.inc a php script? Otherwise I would just use {include}:

{include file="$theme/subtemplates/navbar.inc"}

Alex

Hi Alex,

Its just a file comprising <ul><li>hrefs with some class and id statements.

I tried {include '**'} and {include_php '**'} and {include file '**'}but they didn't work.

The inc file can't really be located in subtemplates as its used by a lot of my site and would mean doing a fairly major change.

Eddie

Hi Micha,

It is usefull to switch to the default-template befor updating the software; otherwise, you will get a blank page.

Thanks for the notice! The update script should really do that automatically in the future!

Alex

Hej Alex,

The update script should really do that automatically in the future!

That is a goog idea! +1

regards
Micha

INCLUDE_PHP was deprecated in Smarty, and I had the same issue. Try this:

Put this near the bottom of index.php

## Your code
$navbar = file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
$smarty -> assign ('navbar', $navbar);
 
## Existing code
$smarty->display($theme.'/'.$template); 
?>

Then stick

{$navbar}

in the tpl file(s).

INCLUDE_PHP was deprecated in Smarty, and I had the same issue. Try this:

Put this near the bottom of index.php

## Your code
$navbar = file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/includes/navbar.inc');
$smarty -> assign ('navbar', $navbar);
 
## Existing code
$smarty->display($theme.'/'.$template); 
?>

Then stick

{$navbar}

in the tpl file(s).

Hi Peter,
Many thanks for your reply, Yes it works perfectly you are 'The Man'.
I hate using depreciated terms but although I'm ok with PHP Smarty is a mystery to me.
I guess there must be many more users of MLF, that are having a similar problem, your solution is going to help them.
With grateful thanks once again.
Eddie

I had to scratch my head a bit to figure out why it stopped working, but then I realized I could do the same thing with this approach, and that it's actually a better way. Keep in mind you can use this same approach to assign all kinds of new Smarty variables depending on familiar PHP logic; e.g., an {$adsense} variable that is assigned only when certain conditions are met, or a greeting that displays only on holidays. Just sprinkle the Smarty variables in the tpl files and put all the logic for them in index.php.

very good

Hi,

I update now. It is usefull to switch to the default-template befor updating the software; otherwise, you will get a blank page. The causation is the change in the main.tmpl-file.

I did not read the message. Now I have a white page.

What should I do?

Hi,

I did not read the message. Now I have a white page.
What should I do?

Du you have phpmyadmin or, in general, do you have access to your sql-server?

1. upload the default-template via ftp
2. Select the sql settings-table (e.g. via phpmyadmin)
3. set row theme to default

kind regards
Micha

I should alter the sql tables, as I'm updating from 2.1 to 2.3

Hi,

I should alter the sql tables, as I'm updating from 2.1 to 2.3

Do you clear the templates_c-directory?

regards
Micha

Thanks for your forum. I like this forum.

But, when i test the forum, i can't use chinese name. When i use the word "世界语" as the Name, I can't post my message.you said:

•The user name contains invalid characters

When I update or make a fresh install of the new release, buttons "OK-Submit" and "Preview" at the bottom of the textarea are missing...
What am I doing wrong? Romina

Most of the language files are still incomplete but in most of them only a few strings are missing (search for <!-- TODO -->). If you translate them, please edit the file in the localization wiki (requires registration/login), send me the updated language file ( alex at mylittleforum dot net ) or post the translations here. Thank you!

Russian.Lang 2.3

Russian.Lang 2.3 completed

I tried without success to install it on Windows 7.
Running the install script crash Apache.

I tried to run some of the program in XP3 mode as administrator.
UAC is disable.

Apache always crash during install.

Is there anywone who successfuly did it ?

PHP & Apache comes The Uniform server.