Miscellany

<?php

// set path to Smarty directory *nix style
define('SMARTY_DIR', '/usr/local/lib/php/Smarty/');

// put full path to Smarty.class.php
require_once(SMARTY_DIR . 'Smarty.class.php');
$smarty = new Smarty();

$smarty->template_dir = 'smarty/templates';
$smarty->compile_dir = 'smarty/templates_c';
$smarty->cache_dir = 'smarty/cache/';
$smarty->config_dir = 'smarty/configs/';
$smarty->use_sub_dirs = false;

$smarty->assign('name', 'Ned');
$smarty->display('index.tpl');

?>