PHP Error When trying to load listings

Question

My PHP is really terrible, so i've decided to post my error here.

Please see error and code below. I'm not sure why i am getting this error.

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined variable: content

Filename: listings/index.php

Line Number: 37

 <div class="grid_4" id="refreshList"> <!--start MAIN REFRESH LIST-->
    <img src='<?=base_url()?>images/pixel.png' onload="xajax_test_function();"></img>
  </div><!--end MAIN REFRESH LIST-->

  <div class="clear"></div>

  <div class="grid_12"> <!--start MAIN INTRO PAR-->

  </div> <!--end MAIN INTRO PAR-->

  <div class="grid_12" id="div"> <!--start MAIN LISTINGS-->
  <div>
    <?=$content?>
  </div> <!--end MAIN LISTINGS-->

Granted. I'm not really sure how to fix this, as im relatively new to this. — Momo6366, Apr 19 '17 at 07:10
Possible duplicate of [PHP: "Notice: Undefined variable", "Notice: Undefined index", and "Notice: Undefined offset"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4261133/php-notice-undefined-variable-notice-undefined-index-and-notice-undef) — schellingerht, Apr 19 '17 at 07:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '17 at 07:13

You are trying to output a variable that is not declared or has a value earlier.

You can either put on a previous line something like <?php $content = ""; ?> or you can add a @ at your output statement and make it like this <?= @$content; ?>

In any case you are outputing a value $content so you need to assign something earlier as it doesnt exist or have a value.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '17 at 09:45

Yes, you forgot to declare the variable "content ='';".

You just add the line before <?php $content = ""; ?> or else you can use any of the below options to restrict the php error display conditionally.

<?php

// Turn off all error reporting
error_reporting(0);

// Report simple running errors
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);

// Reporting E_NOTICE can be good too (to report uninitialized
// variables or catch variable name misspellings ...)
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_NOTICE);

// Report all errors except E_NOTICE
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// Report all PHP errors (see changelog)
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// Report all PHP errors
error_reporting(-1);

// Same as error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);

?>

PHP Error When trying to load listings

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