Hi im getting this error,


Notice: Undefined index: news_comments in /home/southame/public_html/files/includes/theme_functions_include.php on line 124

was trying to edit a few files on my site here is the code.

} else {
		opentable($locale['global_077']);
		echo "<div style='text-align:center'><br />\n".$locale['global_078']."<br /><br />\n</div>\n";
		closetable();
[B]	}[/B]
[B]} else {[/B]
	include INCLUDES."comments_include.php";

Line 124 and 125 is in bold.

Recommended Answers

All 6 Replies

So we have a better idea can you post the whole document and leave the lines 123 - 125 in bold. This will give us a better idea of what the document is actually doing.

<?php
/*-------------------------------------------------------+
| PHP-Fusion Content Management System
| Copyright (C) 2002 - 2008 Nick Jones
| http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Filename: news.php
| Author: Nick Jones (Digitanium)
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| This program is released as free software under the
| Affero GPL license. You can redistribute it and/or
| modify it under the terms of this license which you
| can read by viewing the included agpl.txt or online
| at www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html. Removal of this
| copyright header is strictly prohibited without
| written permission from the original author(s).
+--------------------------------------------------------*/
require_once "maincore.php";
require_once THEMES."templates/header.php";

// Predefined variables, do not edit these values
if ($settings['news_style'] == "1") { $i = 0; $rc = 0; $ncount = 1; $ncolumn = 1; $news_[0] = ""; $news_[1] = ""; $news_[2] = ""; } else { $i = 1; }

// Number of news displayed
$items_per_page = $settings['newsperpage'];

add_to_title($locale['global_200'].$locale['global_077']);

if (!isset($_GET['readmore']) || !isnum($_GET['readmore'])) {
	$rows = dbcount("(news_id)", DB_NEWS, groupaccess('news_visibility')." AND (news_start='0'||news_start<=".time().") AND (news_end='0'||news_end>=".time().") AND news_draft='0'");
	if (!isset($_GET['rowstart']) || !isnum($_GET['rowstart'])) { $_GET['rowstart'] = 0; }
	if ($rows) {
		$result = dbquery(
			"SELECT tn.*, tc.*, user_id, user_name FROM ".DB_NEWS." tn
			LEFT JOIN ".DB_USERS." tu ON tn.news_name=tu.user_id
			LEFT JOIN ".DB_NEWS_CATS." tc ON tn.news_cat=tc.news_cat_id
			WHERE ".groupaccess('news_visibility')." AND (news_start='0'||news_start<=".time().") AND (news_end='0'||news_end>=".time().") AND news_draft='0'
			ORDER BY news_sticky DESC, news_datestamp DESC LIMIT ".$_GET['rowstart'].",$items_per_page"
		);
		$numrows = dbrows($result);
		if ($settings['news_style'] == "1") { $nrows = round((dbrows($result) - 1) / 2); }
		while ($data = dbarray($result)) {
			$news_cat_image = "";
			$news_subject = "<a name='news_".$data['news_id']."' id='news_".$data['news_id']."'></a>".stripslashes($data['news_subject']);
			if ($data['news_cat_image']) {
				$news_cat_image = "<a href='news_cats.php?cat_id=".$data['news_cat_id']."'><img src='".get_image("nc_".$data['news_cat_name'])."' alt='".$data['news_cat_name']."' class='news-category' /></a>";
			} else {
				$news_cat_image = "";
			}
			$news_news = $data['news_breaks'] == "y" ? nl2br(stripslashes($data['news_news'])) : stripslashes($data['news_news']);
			if ($news_cat_image != "") $news_news = $news_cat_image.$news_news;
			$news_info = array(
				"news_id" => $data['news_id'],
				"user_id" => $data['user_id'],
				"user_name" => $data['user_name'],
				"news_date" => $data['news_datestamp'],
				"news_ext" => $data['news_extended'] ? "y" : "n",
				//"news_reads" => $data['news_reads'],
				//"news_comments" => dbcount("(comment_id)", DB_COMMENTS, "comment_type='N' AND comment_item_id='".$data['news_id']."'"),
				"news_allow_comments" => $data['news_allow_comments']
			);
			if ($settings['news_style'] == "1") {
				if ($rows <= 2 || $ncount == 1) {
					$news_[0] .= "<table width='100%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>\n";
					$news_[0] .= "<tr>\n<td class='tbl2'><strong>".$news_subject."</strong></td>\n</tr>\n";
					$news_[0] .= "<tr>\n<td class='tbl1' style='text-align:justify'>".$news_news."</td>\n</tr>\n";
					$news_[0] .= "<tr>\n<td align='center' class='tbl2'>\n";
					$news_[0] .= "<span class='small2'>".THEME_BULLET." <a href='profile.php?lookup=".$news_info['user_id']."'>".$news_info['user_name']."</a> ".$locale['global_071'].showdate("longdate", $news_info['news_date'])." &middot;\n";
					if ($news_info['news_ext'] == "y" || $news_info['news_allow_comments']) {
						$news_[0] .= $news_info['news_ext'] == "y" ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."'>".$locale['global_072']."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
						//$news_[0] .= $news_info['news_allow_comments'] ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."'>".$news_info['news_comments'].($news_info['news_comments'] == 1 ? $locale['global_073b'] : $locale['global_073'])."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
						//$news_[0] .= $news_info['news_reads'].$locale['global_074']." &middot;\n";
					}
					$news_[0] .= "<a href='print.php?type=N&amp;item_id=".$news_info['news_id']."'><img src='".get_image("printer")."' alt='".$locale['global_075']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a>";
					if (checkrights("N")) { $news_[0] .= " &middot;  <a href='".ADMIN."news.php".$aidlink."&amp;action=edit&amp;news_id=".$news_info['news_id']."'><img src='".get_image("edit")."' alt='".$locale['global_076']."' title='".$locale['global_076']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a></span>\n"; } else { $news_[0] .= "</span>\n"; }
					$news_[0] .= "</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n";
					if ($ncount != $rows) { $news_[0] .= "<div><img src='".get_image("blank")."' alt='' width='1' height='8' /></div>\n"; }
				} else {
					if ($i == $nrows && $ncolumn != 2) { $ncolumn = 2; $i = 0; }
					$row_color = ($rc % 2 == 0 ? "tbl2" : "tbl1");
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<table width='100%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>\n";
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<tr>\n<td class='tbl2'><strong>".$news_subject."</strong></td>\n</tr>\n";
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<tr>\n<td class='tbl1' style='text-align:justify'>".$news_news."</td>\n</tr>\n";
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<tr>\n<td align='center' class='tbl2'>\n";
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<span class='small2'>".THEME_BULLET." <a href='profile.php?lookup=".$news_info['user_id']."'>".$news_info['user_name']."</a> ".$locale['global_071'].showdate("longdate", $news_info['news_date']);
					if ($news_info['news_ext'] == "y" || $news_info['news_allow_comments']) {
						$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<br />\n";
						$news_[$ncolumn] .= $news_info['news_ext'] == "y" ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."'>".$locale['global_072']."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
						//$news_[$ncolumn] .= $news_info['news_allow_comments'] ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."#comments'>".$news_info['news_comments'].($news_info['news_comments'] == 1 ? $locale['global_073b'] : $locale['global_073'])."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
						//$news_[$ncolumn] .= $news_info['news_reads'].$locale['global_074']." &middot;\n";
					} else {
						$news_[$ncolumn] .= " &middot;\n";
					}
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "<a href='print.php?type=N&amp;item_id=".$news_info['news_id']."'><img src='".get_image("printer")."' alt='".$locale['global_075']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a>\n";
					if (checkrights("N")) { $news_[$ncolumn] .= " &middot; <a href='".ADMIN."news.php".$aidlink."&amp;action=edit&amp;news_id=".$news_info['news_id']."'><img src='".get_image("edit")."' alt='".$locale['global_076']."' title='".$locale['global_076']."' style='vertical-align:middle;border:0;' /></a></span>\n"; } else { $news_[$ncolumn] .= "</span>\n"; }
					$news_[$ncolumn] .= "</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n";
					if ($ncolumn == 1 && $i < ($nrows - 1)) { $news_[$ncolumn] .= "<div><img src='".get_image("blank")."' alt='' width='1' height='8' /></div>\n"; }
					if ($ncolumn == 2 && $i < (dbrows($result) - $nrows - 2)) { $news_[$ncolumn] .= "<div><img src='".get_image("blank")."' alt='' width='1' height='8' /></div>\n"; }
					$i++; $rc++;
				}
				$ncount++;
			} else {
				echo "<!--news_prepost_".$i."-->\n";
				$i++;
				render_news($news_subject, $news_news, $news_info);
			}
		}
		if ($settings['news_style'] == "1") {
			opentable($locale['global_077']);
			echo "<table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='width:100%'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='3' style='width:100%'>\n";
			echo $news_[0];
			echo "</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='width:50%;vertical-align:top;'>\n";
			echo $news_[1];
			echo "</td>\n<td style='width:10px'><img src='".get_image("blank")."' alt='' width='10' height='1' /></td>\n<td style='width:50%;vertical-align:top;'>\n";
			echo $news_[2];
			echo "</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n";
			closetable();
		}
		if ($rows > $items_per_page) echo "<div align='center' style=';margin-top:5px;'>\n".makepagenav($_GET['rowstart'],$items_per_page,$rows,3)."\n</div>\n";
	} else {
		opentable($locale['global_077']);
		echo "<div style='text-align:center'><br />\n".$locale['global_078']."<br /><br />\n</div>\n";
		closetable();
[B]	}
} else {[/B]
	include INCLUDES."comments_include.php";
	include INCLUDES."ratings_include.php";
	$result = dbquery(
		"SELECT tn.*, user_id, user_name FROM ".DB_NEWS." tn
		LEFT JOIN ".DB_USERS." tu ON tn.news_name=tu.user_id
		WHERE news_id='".$_GET['readmore']."' AND news_draft='0'"
	);
	if (dbrows($result)!=0) {
		$data = dbarray($result);
		if (checkgroup($data['news_visibility'])) {
			$news_cat_image = "";
			if (!isset($_POST['post_comment']) && !isset($_POST['post_rating'])) {
				 $result2 = dbquery("UPDATE ".DB_NEWS." SET news_reads=news_reads+1 WHERE news_id='".$_GET['readmore']."'");
				 $data['news_reads']++;
			}
			$news_subject = $data['news_subject'];
			if ($data['news_cat']) {
				$result2 = dbquery("SELECT * FROM ".DB_NEWS_CATS." WHERE news_cat_id='".$data['news_cat']."'");
				if (dbrows($result2)) {
					$data2 = dbarray($result2);
					$news_cat_image = "<a href='news_cats.php?cat_id=".$data2['news_cat_id']."'><img src='".get_image("nc_".$data2['news_cat_name'])."' alt='".$data2['news_cat_name']."' class='news-category' /></a>";
				}
			}
			$news_news = stripslashes($data['news_extended'] ? $data['news_extended'] : $data['news_news']);
			if ($data['news_breaks'] == "y") { $news_news = nl2br($news_news); }
			if ($news_cat_image != "") $news_news = $news_cat_image.$news_news;
			$news_info = array(
				"news_id" => $data['news_id'],
				"user_id" => $data['user_id'],
				"user_name" => $data['user_name'],
				"news_date" => $data['news_datestamp'],
				"news_ext" => "n",
				"news_reads" => $data['news_reads'],
				//"news_comments" => dbcount("(comment_id)", DB_COMMENTS, "comment_type='N' AND comment_item_id='".$data['news_id']."'"),
				//"news_allow_comments" => $data['news_allow_comments']
			);
			add_to_title($locale['global_201'].$news_subject);
			echo "<!--news_pre_readmore-->";
			render_news($news_subject, $news_news, $news_info);
			echo "<!--news_sub_readmore-->";
			if ($data['news_allow_comments']) { showcomments("N", DB_NEWS, "news_id", $_GET['readmore'], FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$_GET['readmore']); }
			if ($data['news_allow_ratings']) { showratings("N", $_GET['readmore'], FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$_GET['readmore']); }
		} else {
			redirect(FUSION_SELF);
		}
	} else {
		redirect(FUSION_SELF);
	}
}

require_once THEMES."templates/footer.php";
?>

Here is where the error is coming up

http://www.southamericanfootball.co.uk/files/news.php

Okay so what is it that you have changed exactly?

I uncommented the lines

Remove line 58/59:

Download source Code

"news_reads" => $data['news_reads'],
            "news_comments" => dbcount("(comment_id)", DB_COMMENTS, "comment_type='N' AND comment_item_id='".$data['news_id']."'"),

Remove line 71/72:

Download source Code

$news_[0] .= $news_info['news_allow_comments'] ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."'>".$news_info['news_comments'].($news_info['news_comments'] == 1 ? $locale['global_073b'] : $locale['global_073'])."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
                  $news_[0] .= $news_info['news_reads'].$locale['global_074']." &middot;\n";

Remove line 89/90:

Download source Code

$news_[0] .= $news_info['news_allow_comments'] ? "<a href='".FUSION_SELF."?readmore=".$news_info['news_id']."'>".$news_info['news_comments'].($news_info['news_comments'] == 1 ? $locale['global_073b'] : $locale['global_073'])."</a> &middot;\n" : "";
                  $news_[0] .= $news_info['news_reads'].$locale['global_074']." &middot;\n";

Remove line 159/160:

Download source Code

"news_comments" => dbcount("(comment_id)", DB_COMMENTS, "comment_type='N' AND comment_item_id='".$data['news_id']."'"),
            "news_allow_comments" => $data['news_allow_comments']

The guide said remove them i did i was getting the same error, i hate a backup file so the enxt i just uncommented them see if that helped

getting the same error

I have uncommented the lines now as im going to bed and dont want that error still on the page all night for vistors to my site.

hopefully someone can help me out. when i come back :)

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.