"recent Topic" Block "problem" - 8: Undefined variable: settings

[IchBin]

This part eval()'d code in your error means that you have some code in a custom php block that has this error in it. You need to find out which block it is, and then post the code of that block here if you don't know how to fix it.

[sangham.net]

Dear IchBin,

It must be in the standard "recent Topic" Block (here:), since it only happens if this block is activated.

Code ("recent Topic") Select Expand

global $context, $modSettings, $txt;
$context['TPortal']['recentboxnum'] = '15';

if(isset($modSettings['recycle_board']))
$bb = $modSettings['recycle_board'];

$what = ssi_recentTopics($context['TPortal']['recentboxnum'], NULL, NULL, 'array');
$counter=1;
$cmax = count($what);

echo '
<div style="width: 100%; overflow: auto; height: 30ex;">';

foreach($what as $w)
{
echo '
<div class="smalltext"><a href="'.$w['href'].'">' . $w['short_subject'] . '</a></div>
<div class="smalltext">', $txt['by'], ' <b>', $w['poster']['link'], '</b></div>
<div class="smalltext">';
if(!$w['new'])
echo '<a href="'.$w['href'].'"><img border="0" src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/'.$context['user']['language'].'/new.gif" alt="new" /></a> ';

echo '['.$w['time'].']
</div>';

if($counter != $cmax)
echo '<hr />';
$counter++;
}
echo '
</div>';

Thanks for your care.

[IchBin]

Change
global $context, $modSettings, $txt;

to this:
global $context, $modSettings, $txt, $settings;

[sangham.net]

Everything perfect with this block and error now!

Thank you very much!

[Freddy]

I did say that originally

[sangham.net]

Freddy, No doubt... somehow I thought I had to change anywhere anything special... Right in front of the eye unseen.
Thanks and sorry for not understanding the first answer rightly and causing so much other directions of thought and investigations.