Question

I currently have an issue with setting a cookie in a block of php code that is in a .tpl smarty template class.

In the .tpl class I have somethng like :

{php}
    setcookie("school", "test");
{/php}

School: { $smarty.cookies.school }

However this does not print out anything. I know the php setcookie call works when its in a .php file alone, since I’ve tested that, but can’t get it to work with the php snippet of code is in a .tpl class.

Any Advice Appreciated,
D

Answer 1

{php}
    setcookie("school", "test");
    $_COOKIE['school'] = 'test';
{/php}

It’s because $_COOKIE superglobal is updated only on page refresh, not after using setcookie()

Make sure you are using SmartyBC.class.php not Smarty.class.php because {php}{/php} will not work using Smarty.class.php.

Also remember to set $php_handling property to SMARTY_PHP_ALLOW.

More info http://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/variable.php.handling.tpl