Prestashop custom module tpl getting html encoded

[rick0012]

I have created my first custom prestashop(v8) module. For some reason the tpl file is getting html encoded in the website frontend. I inspected the site code and noticed the tpl file content is getting added to the site as follow

<div class="product-additional-info"> &lt;label for=&quot;custom_instructions&quot;&gt;Custom Instructions&lt;/label&gt; &lt;textarea id=&quot;custom_instructions&quot; name=&quot;custom_instructions&quot; rows=&quot;4&quot; cols=&quot;50&quot;&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt; </div>

You see how <label became &lt;label the corresponding tpl file for this looks like this

<label for="custom_instructions">{l s='Custom Instructions'}</label> <textarea id="custom_instructions" name="custom_instructions" rows="4" cols="50"></textarea>

Do you have any ideas or suggestions as to why this is happening? Please check the screenshot of how it looks on the site frontend because of the html encoding.

Here is the relevant php code

<?php
class custominstructions extends Module {
    public function __construct() {
        $this->name = 'custominstructions';
        $this->tab = 'front_office_features';
        $this->version = '1.0.0';
        $this->author = 'Sayantan Roy';
        $this->need_instance = 0;
        $this->bootstrap = true;
        parent::__construct();

        $this->displayName = $this->l('Custom Instructions');
        $this->description = $this->l('Add a text box for custom instructions on the product page.');

        // Set the module's bootstrap status to true
        $this->bootstrap = true;
    }

    public function install() {
        if (!parent::install() || !$this->registerHook('displayProductAdditionalInfo') || !$this->registerHook('actionValidateOrder') || !$this->registerHook('displayAdminOrder')) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public function uninstall() {
        if (!parent::uninstall()) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public function hookDisplayProductAdditionalInfo($params) {
        $this->context->smarty->assign(array(
            'custom_instructions' => $this->display(__FILE__, 'views/templates/hook/custom_instructions.tpl'),
        ));

        return $this->display(__FILE__, 'views/templates/hook/product_additional_info.tpl');
    }

    public function hookActionValidateOrder($params) {
        $order = $params['order'];
        $customInstructions = Tools::getValue('custom_instructions');
        if (!empty($customInstructions)) {
            // Save the custom instructions to the order
            Db::getInstance()->insert('order_message', array(
                'id_order' => (int)$order->id,
                'message' => pSQL($customInstructions),
            ));
        }
    }

    public function hookDisplayAdminOrder($params) {
        $orderId = (int)Tools::getValue('id_order');
        $orderMessages = Db::getInstance()->executeS('SELECT * FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'order_message` WHERE `id_order` = '.$orderId);
        $this->context->smarty->assign(array(
            'orderMessages' => $orderMessages,
        ));

        return $this->display(__FILE__, 'views/templates/admin/custom_instructions_order.tpl');
    }
}

 

[ps8modules.com]

In TPL:

{$your_variable nofilter}

[rick0012]

16 minutes ago, ps8moduly.cz said:

In TPL:

{$your_variable nofilter}

should I use it like this?

{l s='Custom Instructions' nofilter }

 

When I change the tpl to this then the content is no longer visible on frontend.

 

Edited July 30, 2023 by rick0012 (see edit history)

[ps8modules.com]

{$custom_instructions nofilter}

[rick0012]

9 minutes ago, ps8moduly.cz said:

{$custom_instructions nofilter}

Thank you! it worked.