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Posted by Kevin Lewis
Kevin Lewis
1,206 Points

Error after 'Adding Active States' video

So, I've completed the video. I believe my code is fine, semi-colons and all. On reloading the site, I get this - http://grab.jellybabi.es/jLHw

Any help?

2 Answers

Kevin Lewis
Kevin Lewis
1,206 Points
Kevin Lewis
Kevin Lewis
1,206 Points

To be a bit more helpful, it works flawlessly on the shirts and contact pages, where I have defined $section. In index.php, this error occurs.

Randy Hoyt
STAFF
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Randy Hoyt
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The error happens because the $section variable is undefined. (These errors don't always display on the screen; it depends on how the server is configured.)

You must not have a $section variable specified in the index.php. I'll recheck the videos, but I thought I had this code in index.php to address that:

$section = "home";

Adding that code to index.php before the header is included eliminate the error message.