There are various solutions out there for integrating Smarty with CakePHP. I’m here to introduce another one, that I feel is a little leaner than the other solutions I’ve found.
Jump to the code: https://gist.github.com/672398
Requirements:
- Cake 1.3.2 (No idea if it will work on < 1.3.2)
- Smarty 3
Just place this in your /app/views folder andmake sure your AppController has the following lines:
public $view = "Theme";
public $layout = "default";
// The following line is optional; the default ext in the ThemeClass is set to .html.
// Uncomment to set to your desired extension
// public $ext = ".some_extension";
Your views would (unless you change the $ext variable) then be saved with .html extensions.
A Nerdy Mom! 
trevize pelorat
/ November 11, 2010hi there! is it possible for you to explain this a little bit more? I have:
– CakePHP 1.3.5 successfully installed
– smarty 3 RC4 files in app/views/smarty
– CakePHP1.3_Smarty3_Themeing.php as theme_view.php in app/views/themed
– that two lines in cake/libs/controller/app_controller:
public $view = “Theme”;
public $layout = “default”;
But I got this error:
Error: The view for CentralController::index() was not found.
Error: Confirm you have created the file: /home/pepito/public_html/fulanito/app/views/central/index.ctp
And I have index.tpl in app/views/central
Thanks!
Jen
/ November 11, 2010Hmm…perhaps make sure you have added public $ext = ‘.tpl’; to your app_controller or change the code in the Theme View class you added? Looks like I forgot to add that when I originally wrote this post; I’ve updated it to reflect that.
random_stranger
/ March 17, 2011Last comment was a while ago, but worth mentioning if anyone else come across this via Google like I did:
Make sure to rename CakePHP1.3_Smarty3_Themeing.php to theme.php in your views folder. Thanks for the great post btw, Jen!