Message not displaying?

[meRn]

Hi, after a member posted a comment, the below code is supposed to display "Your comment has been successfully posted etc" but it doesn't for some reason. Do you have any idea where should I look for the error, I compared this .tpl file with the original one from the seller and there's nothing that's not the same.

{if $smarty.session.UID ne "" and $isvideocommented ne ""}
                                <DIV ID=divComments>
                                        <FORM name="Add_comment" method="post" action="{$baseurl}/view_video.php?viewkey={$smarty.request.viewkey}&page={$smarty.request.page}&viewtype={$smarty.request.viewtype}&category={$smarty.request.category}">
                                        <DIV id=div_main_comment style="PADDING-left: 10px">

                                        <textarea name=addcomment ID=txtComments rows=5 cols=30></textarea>
                                        <br>
                                                <input type="button" name="commentpost" value="Post Comment" onClick=fxSendComments('divComments','txtComments',{$smarty.session.UID},{$VID})>
                                        </DIV>
                                        </FORM>
                                </DIV >
                                <DIV ID=divComResult1 style='display:none'>
                                        <B><FONT COLOR=#339900>Your Comments has posted successfully.</FONT></B>
                                </DIV>
                                <DIV ID=divComResult2 style='display:none'>
                                        <B><FONT COLOR=#FF0033>Your already posted you comments.</FONT></B>
                                </DIV>
                        {/if} 

[meRn]

I replaced the file with the original file and it's still not displaying, can anyone help me please?

[earl-grey]

Add an else statement:

{if $smarty.session.UID ne "" and $isvideocommented ne ""}
.....
{else}
Session id: {$smarty.session.UID}<br />
Is video commented: {$isvideocommented}<br />
{/if}

and tell us the output you get

[meRn]

If statement is to check if the visitor is a guest. If he/she is a guest, that comment will ask him to log in.

[meRn]

I added the code you gave and received a fatal error.

[Jake Arkinstall]

I REALLY dont like that way of coding (prefer REAL php), but this is your problem:

style='display:none'

You want to have a code like (in real PHP sorry):

style='display:<?
if(!isset($isvideocommented)){
echo "none";
}else{
echo "block";
}?>'

But, again, never use extentions (including smarty) that change PHP syntax. You will need legit PHP.

[meRn]

Doesn't work, like I said, I replaced the whole .tpl code with the one from the seller and it still doesn't work, it's supposed to work, can you explain to me how the div tags work? I think I can explore the error and fix it.

[meRn]

I REALLY dont like that way of coding (prefer REAL php), but this is your problem:

style='display:none'

You want to have a code like (in real PHP sorry):

style='display:<?
if(!isset($isvideocommented)){
echo "none";
}else{
echo "block";
}?>'

But, again, never use extentions (including smarty) that change PHP syntax. You will need legit PHP.

I'm sorry but I don't know PHP, this is from the script itself, so do I just replace that portion with the code you just gave?

Thanks a lot for helping me out.

[Jake Arkinstall]

yep. What is this code used for? Unless it's a kind of PHPBB application, i would suggest learning PHP.

My favorite tutorial site is w3schools. They taught me everything i needed to know for amateur PHPing, and the rest you learn from here!

[meRn]

It's not phpBB, it's a video sharing site like youtube. This is the comment feature.

BTW, I replaced the code, but it doesn't seem to work, I hope you know how smarty template works.

[earl-grey]

If statement is to check if the visitor is a guest. If he/she is a guest, that comment will ask him to log in.

Yes, but the problem is there, right?
Is an empty output all you get?

[meRn]

No, not that, the problem is, it's not displaying the "Your comment was successfully posted" message when someone successfully posted.

[earl-grey]

Probably this is what you're looking for:

{if $smarty.session.UID ne ""} 
                                <DIV ID=divComments> 
                                        <FORM name="Add_comment" method="post" action="{$baseurl}/view_video.php?viewkey={$smarty.request.viewkey}&page={$smarty.request.page}&viewtype={$smarty.request.viewtype}&category={$smarty.request.category}"> 
                                        <DIV id=div_main_comment style="PADDING-left: 10px"> 

                                        <textarea name=addcomment ID=txtComments rows=5 cols=30></textarea> 
                                        <br> 
                                                <input type="button" name="commentpost" value="Post Comment" onClick=fxSendComments('divComments','txtComments',{$smarty.session.UID},{$VID})> 
                                        </DIV> 
                                        </FORM> 
                                </DIV > 
{if $isvideocommented ne ""}
                                <DIV ID=divComResult1 style='display:none'> 
                                        <B><FONT COLOR=#339900>Your Comments has posted successfully.</FONT></B> 
                                </DIV> 
{else}
                                <DIV ID=divComResult2 style='display:none'> 
                                        <B><FONT COLOR=#FF0033>Your already posted you comments.</FONT></B> 
                                </DIV> 
{/if}
                        {/if}

[meRn]

I don't think you understand, the code's supposed to work fine, the problem is supposed to be besides the code. As I've mentioned, I replaced the .tpl file (this file) with the working version but it still isn't working. Thanks for the effort anyway.

Let me know if you/anyone know something else, like maybe it's the function.php etc