boot.include.php

<?php
session_start();
// the require_once statement is identical to require except php will check if the file has already,
  // been included, and if so, not include (require) it again
require_once(__DIR__.'/../vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php'); // include Smarty


//Setup Smarty
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->setTemplateDir(__DIR__.'/../views')
  ->setPluginsDir(array(__DIR__.'/../smarty/plugins'))
  ->setCompileDir(__DIR__.'/../smarty/templates_c')
  ->setCacheDir(__DIR__.'/../smarty/cache')
  ->setConfigDir(__DIR__.'/../smarty/configs')



 ?>