SOLVED - Smarty Variables in PHP using $this

[DougWare]

I'm sorry, I've researched this forum for nearly two hours.  I came across a thread that was similar to what I'm trying to do, but I can't make it work.

I need two variables to be available inside the the {php} tags.  The other thread mentioned using $this->name to access the variable, but that variable is blank in php for me.  I'm pretty familiar with PHP, so I think either the variable doesn't exist or it's not making to the PHP code.

I need to do something along the lines of:

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{php}
$url = $this->root_url . "/script/scriptname.php?varname=" . $this->customcontent_loginname;
include($url);
{/php}

The include statement is working, but PHP is reporting that it couldn't include "/script/scriptname.php?varname=" without the variables that should have been added using $this->.

Can someone tell me if I need to enable something else or if I am referencing the variables correctly?

Thanks,
Doug

[JohnnyB]

maybe this is needed?

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global $gCms;
$url = $gCms->variables['root_url']

[cyberman]

root_url and customcontent_loginname are Smarty variables so you have to get it from Smarty with

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{php}
$root = $smarty->get_template_vars('root_url');
$ccname = $smarty->get_template_vars('customcontent_loginname');
$url = $root . "/script/scriptname.php?varname=" . $ccname;
include($url);
{/php}

http://smarty.net/manual/en/api.get.template.vars.php

[DougWare]

I tried something similar to that, and now I've tried your code as well...

I'm getting the following error in the webserver log:

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Call to a member function get_template_vars() on a non-object in FileNameHiddenForPrivacyReasons

Doug

root_url and customcontent_loginname are Smarty variables so you have to get it from Smarty with

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{php}
$root = $smarty->get_template_vars('root_url');
$ccname = $smarty->get_template_vars('customcontent_loginname');
$url = $root . "/script/scriptname.php?varname=" . $ccname;
include($url);
{/php}

http://smarty.net/manual/en/api.get.template.vars.php

[cyberman]

Have you tried this modification?

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{php}
global $gCms;
$root = $gCms->variables['root_url'];
$ccname = $smarty->get_template_vars('customcontent_loginname');
$url = $root . "/script/scriptname.php?varname=" . $ccname;
include($url);
{/php}