check if view/smarty3 folder is writable by webserver

diff --git a/include/friendica_smarty.php b/include/friendica_smarty.php
index 1326b0aca645ba5760296ed56bbaeab1c04d7708..021feea2ac3b9cb726acf1e5652d048dfeaaee2c 100644 (file)
--- a/include/friendica_smarty.php
+++ b/include/friendica_smarty.php
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ class FriendicaSmarty extends Smarty {
 
 class FriendicaSmartyEngine implements ITemplateEngine {
        static $name ="smarty3";
+       
+    public function __construct(){
+               if(!is_writable('view/smarty3/')){
+                       echo "<b>ERROR:</b> folder <tt>view/tpl/smarty3/</tt> must be writable by webserver."; killme();
+               }
+       } 
+    
        // ITemplateEngine interface
        public function replace_macros($s, $r) {
                $template = '';