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We have an EE 1.7 install running MSM, each site being a different linguistic version of our website. Some templates are different for each site. These are stored in subfolders in the templates/ folder (/templates/en/, templates/fr/, etc.). A path.php global variable called current_lang is used in order for the front end to load the correct template.

In our path.php file

$global_vars = array(
    'variable'    => 'value',
    'current_lang'    => 'en'
); // This array must be associative

In our config.php file:

$conf['tmpl_file_basepath'] = $conf['server_path']."/system/templates/".$global_vars['current_lang']."/";

This works for the front end without any problem.

On the CP side, it doesn’t work. Whatever the website in MSM, the template base path outputs as: “/ee-admin/templates//”. A var_dump($global_vars) shows that the value of the array is “null” in the CP ... I am guessing because the CP does not read path.php.

Output is correct on the front end:

'current_lang' => string 'en' (length=2)

Is there a way to make it work so our newly created templates saved as files are saved / created in the correct folder?

Currently, I am commenting out the line overriding the tmpl_file_basepath in config.php, set it manually in the CP, create my templates, uncomment the line and repuload config.php, which is not really convenient.

I don’t think so. I’ve looked at ways of including path variables within the CP before and couldn’t find a way to do it. IIRC the only variable available in the CP is {site_url}

It would be super handy though.

Hi Steven,

Thanks for chiming in.

That’s what I suspected (CP does not read path.php methink) ... but I thought that maybe there was a clever bit of PHP wizardry that could help here. Since I am far from a PHP expert myself, I figured I would ask.

They must get assigned somewhere though if one is able to use {site_url} within the CP.

This was an @boyink article http://www.train-ee.com/courseware/free-tutorials/comments/use-variables-in-control-panel-settings

Mhhhh.

I think this is a completely different story:

1. I might be wrong but {site_url} and {homepage} are out of the box default variables that you can use in your templates and in the CP. These are not user created variables relying on path.php being parsed > work in the CP.

2. What I want to do is being able to use these vars in config.php overrides, not in the CP itself.

Let’s hope some php wizard can help ...

I’m not familiar with MSM, does it have only 1 config.php?

Hi International Polar Foundation,

If you are using MSM then you can set a different template save path for each site that you have created. If you go to Admin > Template Preferences and switch between sites then each path can be different. You would have to remove that config item though because that would set it for all sites. Would that work for you?

Cheers

Greg

Just remembered why I wanted to do this, I wanted someway to display the environment I was working on within the CP and embed that intoLG SIte Name extension

Hi there Greg,

Yep, that’s what I do right now (see first post) and it works of course. Was hoping to find a somewhat more convenient approach relying on files. My problem was that the approach that works on the front end (using path.php variables) does not work for the CP, since path.php variables are apparently not available on the CP side.

Was thus wondering if there was any other approach I could take besides what I already do, which is just what you suggested. As I said, I am a bit of a PHP noob, so I might have missed something.

Anyway, thanks for passing by and dropping me a line, and ... Merry Xmas !

Hi International Polar Foundation,

That’d be an interesting feature request. What you’re doing now is your best bet, I think, though I’d be happy to move this over to the CodeShare Corner if you’d like. Just let me know!

Dear Brandon,

Thanks for stopping by. Feature request posted.

Have a good holiday season !

Does that clear the issue up for you, IPF?