Can anyone see any problems with this code?

[BigIke]

This code grabs the most recent post, author blah blah... I keep getting an error message that states:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /homepages/24/d116946458/htdocs/vb/modules/features.php on line 24

<?php

/* Needed for use without vBA
 require_once('./global.php'); 
*/


/* ###### VARIOUS SETTINGS ###### */

$box_max_title_length=30;
$box_max_post_length=80;
$box_do_parse=0; /* Set to 1 to parse BBCODE */
$box_attachment_file="http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/attachment.php?";

/* ###### GRABBING DATA ###### */

/* Only needed if you're going to be using bbcode */
if($box_do_parse==1){require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');}

/* Forum to Grab thread/post from */
$box_forumid_1=2;

/* Grabbing the thread */ 
$box_forumid_1thread = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread
WHERE forumid = '$box_forumid_1' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC "); 

/* Grabbing the first post */
$box_forumid_1_first_post=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."post
WHERE threadid = '$box_forumid_1thread[threadid]' ORDER BY dateline ASC");

/* Grabbing the first attachment */
$box_forumid_1_image=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."attachment
WHERE postid = '$box_forumid_1_first_post[postid]' ORDER BY dateline DESC");

$image1=$box_forumid_1_image['attachmentid'];

/* ###### FORMATING DATA ###### */

/* Max title length */
if(strlen($box_forumid_1thread[title])>$box_max_title_length){
$box_forumid_1thread[title]=substr($box_forumid_1thread[title], 0, $box_max_title_length);
}

/* Max post length */
if($box_forumid_1_first_post[pagetext]>$box_max_post_length){
$box_forumid_1_first_post[pagetext]=substr($box_forumid_1_first_post[pagetext], 0, $box_max_post_length);
}

/* Parse BBCODE if desired */
if($box_do_parse==1){
$box_forumid_1_first_post[pagetext]=parse_bbcode($box_forumid_1_first_post[pagetext]);
}

/* IMAGE CREATION */
$box_1_image="<img src='".$box_attachment_file."attachmentid=$img_m&stc=1' width='100' height='100' border='0'/>";

/* Template to use for data */
eval('$home[$mods[\'modid\']][\'content\'] = "' . fetch_template('adv_portal_features') . '";');

?>

This guy has been giving me some problems, any help would be appreciated

[amykhar]

put in global $DB_site; and see how that goes.

[Deaths]

You need your global.php mate.
Change

PHP Code:

/* Needed for use without vBA
 require_once('./global.php'); 
*/ 


to

PHP Code:

//Needed for use without vBA
 require_once('./global.php'); 


[BigIke]

I've installed many hacks but for some reason, I can't get the path right for my global.php.. I have set it to /homepages/24/d116946458/htdocs/vb/global.php , but it now says

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './includes/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /homepages/24/d116946458/htdocs/vb/global.php on line 50

I suspect my path in the features.php is wrong... But thats why I came to you guys, because you're the experts :glasses:

[noppid]

Something else is assuming you are in the forums folder.

try ...

chdir("/homepages/24/d116946458/htdocs/vb");

Before your call to include global.

[Deaths]

Heh .

Are you coding a vBa cmps module?
Or is this a normal script, and you're using a cmps module as a guide?

[BigIke]

Yeah, this is for a vBadvanced module at the top of my site. I made sure that I specified the forum to pull the objects from

/* Forum to Grab thread/post from */
$box_forumid_1=2;

Then, I made a template so that the "features.php" could be displayed in it.

[Deaths]

Try filling in 2 instead of the variable, see what it gives.

[BigIke]

NOPPID- you're the man. I put the chdir... before it, and now I don't receive an error message. One problem though, and I suspect it is with my template, but if you go to the homepage, well, you can see its kind of messed up.
My template goes something like this...

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%"> 
    <tr> 
        <td class="tcat"> 
            <strong><span class="smallfont">$vba_options[portal_blockbullet] $vboptions[bbtitle]Features</strong></span> 
        </td> 
    </tr> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%"> 
    <tr> 
        <td class="tcat"> 
            <strong><span class="smallfont">$vba_options[portal_blockbullet] $vboptions[bbtitle]Features</strong></span> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
</table> 
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%" height="600"> 
    <tr> 
        <td class="alt1"> 
        <div align="center"><iframe src="$vboptions[bburl]/modules/features.php" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
</tbody> 
</table>
</table> 
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%" height="600"> 
    <tr> 
        <td class="alt1"> 
        <div align="center"><iframe src="$vboptions[bburl]http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/modules/features.php" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> 
        </td> 
    </tr> 
</tbody> 
</table>

I wasn't sure how to include the features.php module without using an iframe, and I think that's what is causing the problems. By the way, thanks for everyones input so far.

[Deaths]

Sorry, the board is unavailable at the moment while we are testing some functionality.

We will be back soon...

You can add it as a module, then let the file call the template...