Problem displaying footer content

[jcat]

Zencart version: 1.3.8a
PHP Version: 5.2.13 (Zend: 2.2.0)

Hi,

I have overridden the tpl_footer.php under includes/templates/<my_template>/common/

It was working perfectly until I installed categories_dressing_2-7-3. Since there are some other problems with the mod I undo all new/modified files associated with it. But then my footer no longer being displayed. I changed to classic default template and the footer does show up though.

I tried to debug the problem by echoing the following line (in red) in tpl_main_page.php where it gets the footer.php.


<?php
/**
* prepares and displays footer output
*
*/
if (CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION == 1 && CUSTOMERS_AUTHORIZATION_FOOTER_OFF == 'true' and ($_SESSION['customers_authorization'] != 0 or $_SESSION['customer_id'] == '')) {
$flag_disable_footer = true;
}

echo DIR_WS_TEMPLATE; //<---debug

require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_footer.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_footer.php');
?>

It shows "includes/templates/<my_template>/" in the footer area of my web page. HOWEVER, if I place the same debug line AFTER the require(...) line, nothing shows.

Is it because the require(...) function failed to get my tpl_footer.php?? (I tried to debug inside tpl_footer.php and nothing shows) What can I do to fix this???

Please, any help is much appreicated!

[schoolboy]

I think you are over-egging your omelette...

Before you start really hacking away at the code, just make sure that needed php files are in their respective directories.

You say you have an over-ride for footer.php that is not working?

Then either REPLACE it with the original core, or do a COMPARE (using winmerge) to see where possible problems may lie.

As this is your first post, and you have just joined, I assume your store is not trading. So it's safe to revert.

[jcat]

So I replaced my tpl_footer with the default, uploaded to server, and it did show the content! Then I added my modified code back to it and finally it works! Maybe the file on the server was somehow not getting refreshed? Anyways, thanks for the advice!