Versions: TPL vs. PHP

phpVMS Legacy Add-Ons (v2/v5) Simpilot Group Addons
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Hey there - Just looking for a quick clarification;

I’ve pulled the latest version of phpVms from https://github.com/nshahzad/phpVMS which seems to still use the tpls.

I started looking into the Simpilot Group addons, and the Addon manager, etc all seem to be using php templates.

So after a quick check of the Simpilot repos i see https://github.com/DavidJClark/phpvms_5.5.x which seems to be using php templates.

So - Which phpvms should i be checking out for ‘new’ install? Which is ‘official’? I am a bit confused. I am starting to assume i should be using the DavidJClark fork in order to use the Simpilot plugins, but will that cause other compatibility issues?

Thanks!

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Hey there - Just looking for a quick clarification;

I’ve pulled the latest version of phpVms from https://github.com/nshahzad/phpVMS which seems to still use the tpls.

I started looking into the Simpilot Group addons, and the Addon manager, etc all seem to be using php templates.

So after a quick check of the Simpilot repos i see https://github.com/D…rk/phpvms_5.5.x which seems to be using php templates.

So - Which phpvms should i be checking out for ‘new’ install? Which is ‘official’? I am a bit confused. I am starting to assume i should be using the DavidJClark fork in order to use the Simpilot plugins, but will that cause other compatibility issues?

Thanks!

When you go into the phpVMS github page, you should see a dropdown menu that’ll allow you to select what branch you can download from. If you select the “dev” branch, you’ll notice that all the page templates are now .php. However, the dev version is not fully stable and you may encounter certain bugs.

Alternatively, you can just edit the extensions on the simpilot modules from .php to .tpl. This will not affect the content or display of the template, but rather will make it recognizable by the phpVMS controller.

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Ah makes sense, thank you very much!

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tpl is not supported for 5.5.x

but you can rename the .tpl files to .php and most of them will work with 5.5.x

And make sure your server php version matches the version of phpvms that you are using

Cannot use Phpvms 5.1.12

on a php 5.6.12 server