I've checked and checked and re-checked and I can't figure out what I've done wrong. I'm getting a parse error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/david/www/Joe/current/presentation/smarty_plugins/function.load_products_list.php on line 27. Can anyone spot my error? I'd appreciate the help. Here is the function.load_products_list.php file: 1. <?php 2. function smarty_function_load_products_list($params, $smarty) 3. { 4. $products_list = new $ProductsList(); 5. $products_list->init(); 6. 7. //assign the template variable 8. $smarty->assign($params['assign'], $products_list); 9. } 10. 11. //Manage the products list 12. class ProductsList 13. { 14. public $mProducts; 15. public $mSelectedProduct; 16. 17. private $mBoCatalog; 18. 19. //constructor initializes business tier object 20. //and reads query string parameter 21. function __construct() 22. { 23. //creating the middle tier object 24. $this->mBoCatalog = new BoCatalog(); 25. //if ProductID exists in the query string, we're viewing a product. 26. if(isset($_GET['ProductID'])) 27. $this->mSelectedProduct = (init)$_GET['ProductID']; 28. else 29. $this->mSelectedProduct = -1; 30 } 31. 32. //calls business tier to read products list and create the links 33. function init() 34. { 35. //get list of products from business tier 36. $this->mProducts = $this->mBoCatalog->GetProducts(); 37. //create the product links 38. for($i = 0; $i < count($this->mProducts); $i++) 39. $this->mProducts[$i]['onclick'] = "index.php?ProductID=" . 40. $this->mProducts[$i]['product_id']; 41. } 42. } 43. ?> Just in case Im going to include the template file: {*products_list.tpl*} {load_products_list assign="products_list"} {*start products_list*} <p>Products</p> {*loop through the list of products*} {section name=i loop=$products_list->mProducts} {if ($products_list->mSelectedProduct == $products_list->mProducts[i].product_id)} {assign var=class_d value="ProductSelected"} {else} {assign var=class_d value="ProductUnselected"} {/if} {*generate a link for a new product in the list*} <a href="{$products_list->mProducts[i].onclick}"> $raquo; {$products_list->mProducts[i].make}</a> {/section} -- Blessings, David M. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php