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Seems to be a bug to me, but I can’t believe nobody else would have stumbled on it so keeping an open mind.

Using this code will not return any categories but it should:

{exp:channel:category_archive channel="test" show_empty="no"  style="linear"}
  {categories}
   {category_name}
  {/categories}
 {/exp:channel:category_archive}

Changing style to nested returns categories as expected.

Turning on debug gives the following errors:

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: channel_id
Filename: channel/mod.channel.php
Line Number: 5566

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed
Filename: channel/mod.channel.php
Line Number: 5566

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/xm360/cmsadmin/codeigniter/system/core/Exceptions.php:170)
Filename: core/Common.php
Line Number: 409

I produced the above with 2.4.0, with an basic template new channel etc.

Just reproduced this on a different 2.4 install on a different server with the same result.

Appears to be an exact replica of this bug https://support.ellislab.com/bugs/detail/13485
Thanks

I just encountered the same bug on an updated EE 2.4.0 site.

Ahh so I’m not going mad, good to know! By the way, GWcode Categories worked round the problem for me.

Taking out show_empty=“no” also removes the errors.

Oh yes I missed that from this report, that’s actually how I found the problem in the first place, turning off show_empty and wondering what the hell was going on 😊

Hey mojacreative,

Looks like you have this sorted out now.

Nice work James, thanks for the assist.

Is there anything else I can help with while you are here?

Cheers,

Hi Shane,

I think you might be misunderstanding the problem.

It’s a bug really. Here’s steps to reproduce:

Create a channel
Attach categories to that channel
Post a new entry and assign it to a category.

Then use this code to return the categories:

{exp:channel:category_archive channel="test" show_empty="no"  style="linear"}
  {categories}
   {category_name}
  {/categories}
 {/exp:channel:category_archive}

Now with show empty set no and style set to linear, it will return no categories, it should, we assigned an entry to a category.

Change show empty to yes and it will return categories, likewise change style to nested and it will return the category with entries assigned.

The PHP error above is only returned with my test case.

The bug I quoted above seems to have been left with the submitter saying he solved his problem, but I still believe it to be a bug as I can reproduce it in a couple installations.

If someone can perhaps verify with my above code then I’m sure that will give a bit more weight to getting this fixed, I know leaving a comment on the bug is not going to get it fixed, and it looks like it’s been out there for a while.

Thanks
Nick

EE 2.5 wasn’t released when I posted this yesterday. I just did a test, and I believe it’s fixed in EE 2.5. Just doing an upgrade on another install to verify it’s gone.

Yep, verified fixed. It’s bug 17406, didn’t find that before.

I will say the release process this time around leaves a lot to be desired. The fix was posted to that bug back at the end of January, that’s over 3 months to get what really is a show stopper fix out. A return to maintenance and/or hotfix releases is really needed. Sorry but I wasted way too much time on this yesterday and finding it was a 3 month old bug isn’t great.

Thanks
Nick

Hey mojacreative,

I hear you on the cycle and I hope we improve that soon.

Thanks for your feedback, we appreciate it!

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,