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by **marcvill** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:01 am

I upgraded from 1.5.1.3 to the latest 1.5.2.1 recently. The upgrade process went just fine, encountered no errors. But when I view my Store Front I get "Underfined variable" errors. Here's what I found in the Error Log:

2012-03-29 0:52:30 - PHP Notice: Undefined variable: logged in /home/XXXX/public_html/catalog/view/theme/mycustomtheme/template/common/column_right.tpl on line 2
2012-03-29 0:52:30 - PHP Notice: Undefined variable: logged in /home/XXXX/public_html/catalog/view/theme/mycustomtheme/template/common/home.tpl on line 35
2012-03-29 0:52:30 - PHP Notice: Undefined variable: news in /home/XXXX/public_html/catalog/view/theme/mycustomtheme/template/common/home.tpl on line 63
2012-03-29 0:52:30 - PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/XXXX/public_html/catalog/view/theme/mycustomtheme/template/common/home.tpl on line 63

Attached is a screenshot of the store front with the errors. Any ideas how to fix this?

by **MarketInSG** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:12 am

Your theme is not compatible. You need to update it.

by **marcvill** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:46 pm

Thanks for the reply. I see. Yes, I kinda realized that too. This was a custom theme and the problem is, I can't get a hold of the developer who developed this theme. I was hoping I can get answers or advise from this forum so I can try to fix the theme myself to make it compatible with 1.5.2.1. The error points to the home.tpl file and refers to lines 35 and 63 that are causing the "underfined variables" error. Here are the lines:

line 35: <?php if (!$logged) { ?>
line 63: <?php foreach($news as $news_info): ?>

I'm not a developer but it seems to me that the functions or lines above are no longer valid or being used with the latest 1.5.2.1 version. If this is the case, then what updated functions should use to replace the ones above?

by **Qphoria** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:41 pm

Its likely just a header.tpl change.. you may be able to stumble around
try changing:

Code: Select all: <?php if (!$logged) { ?>

to

Code: Select all: <?php if (!$this->customer->isLogged()) { ?>

by **marcvill** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:04 am

Thanks a lot!! It worked like a charm. The first 'undefined variables' error that refers to 'line 35: <?php if (!$logged) { ?>' is now gone after updating the home.tpl template file with '<?php if (!$this->customer->isLogged()) { ?>' as Qphoria suggested.

But the second "undefined variables" error that refer to to 'line 63: <?php foreach($news as $news_info): ?>" is still showing. I take it that this line is no longer supported in the latest 1.5.2.1 version. Any ideas how to solve this error?

by **rph** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:50 pm

That's something custom for your shop. It's never been a part of OpenCart.

by **marcvill** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:06 am

Apparently it's part of some "News/Blog" module that our developer must have installed. This "News/Blog" appears under Modules and I believe this is not one of those built-in modules of OC as I don't see this from another fresh installation of OC. Perhaps what I can try doing is check with the module developer to see if there's any updates or fixes.

I have no clue how to determine what this "News/Blog" module is officially called so I can search for it under the OC site's Extensions section. I can't determine who's the module author/developer too. How do I find these out?

Any help is very much appreciated, thanks guys!