Title: Catchable fatal error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Catchable fatal error

 *  [tenkabuto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tenkabuto/)
 * (@tenkabuto)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/)
 * I’m getting this error in my sidebar, I’m not very familiar with WordPress so
   I don’t have any ideas why it should be doing this. D=
 * > Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string
   > in /home2/vc/public_html/blog/wp-includes/category-template.php on line 31
 * You can view the page [here](http://tenkabuto.m-ka.net/blog/?p=3).

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/#post-680007)
 * well without knowing what is inside that **theme file** thats causing the error,
   its like, impossible, to help you.
 *  Thread Starter [tenkabuto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tenkabuto/)
 * (@tenkabuto)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/#post-680058)
 * This is my entire sidebar.php file:
 * >  <div id=”sidebar”>
   >  <ul id=”sidelist”>
   >  <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
   >  if ( !function_exists(‘
   > dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?> <?php endif; ?>
   > <?php
   >  // this is where 10 headlines from the current category get printed 
   > if ( is_single() ) : global $post; $categories = get_the_category(); foreach(
   > $categories as $category) : ?>
   >  - <h2>More from this category</h2>
   >     <ul class=”bullets”> <?php $posts = get_posts(‘
   >    numberposts=10&category=’. $category->term_id); foreach($posts as $post):?
   >    >
   >  - 
   >  - <?php endforeach; ?>
   >  - **” title=”View all posts filed under <?php echo $category->name; ?>”>Archive
   >    for ‘<?php echo $category->name; ?>’ »**
   >  - <?php endforeach; endif ; ?>
   >  - <?php if ( is_home() ) { ?>
   >  - <h3><?php
   >     // this is where the name of the News (or whatever) category 
   >    gets printed wp_list_categories(‘include=8&title_li=&style=none’); ?></h3
   >    > <?php // this is where the last three headlines are pulled from the News(
   >    or whatever) category query_posts(‘showposts=3&cat=8’); ?> <ul class=”bullets”
   >    > <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   >  - 
   >  -  <?php endwhile; ?>
   >  - <?php } ?>
   >  - <h3>Browse Archives</h3>
   >     <form id=”archiveform” action=””> <select name
   >    =”archive_chrono” onchange=”window.location = (document.forms.archiveform.
   >    archive_chrono[document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono.selectedIndex].
   >    value);”> <?php get_archives(‘monthly’,”,’option’); ?> </select> </form>
   >  - <h3>Browse Categories</h3>
   >     <ul class=”subnav”> <?php wp_list_categories(‘
   >    title_li=’); ?>
   >  - <h3>Ads & Sponsors</h3>
   >  - <h3>Contributors</h3>
   >  - <ul class=”bullets”>
   >     <?php wp_list_authors (‘exclude_admin=0&show_fullname
   >    =1&hide_empty=1&feed_image=’ . get_bloginfo(‘template_url’) . ‘/images/rss.
   >    gif&feed=XML’); ?>
   >  - <!–END SIDELIST–>
   >     </div><!–END SIDEBAR–>
 *  Thread Starter [tenkabuto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tenkabuto/)
 * (@tenkabuto)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/#post-680059)
 * I accidentally posted twice, the first was using a blockquote, this one with 
   a code tag, sorry: D=
 *     ```
       <div id="sidebar">
       		<ul id="sidelist">
   
       	<?php 	/* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
       					if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
       		<?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php
       // this is where 10 headlines from the current category get printed
       if ( is_single() ) :
       global $post;
       $categories = get_the_category();
       foreach ($categories as $category) :
       ?>
       <li><h2>More from this category</h2>
       <ul class="bullets">
       <?php
       $posts = get_posts('numberposts=10&category='. $category->term_id);
       foreach($posts as $post) :
       ?>
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   
       <?php endforeach; ?>
   
       <li><strong><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>" title="View all posts filed under <?php echo $category->name; ?>">Archive for '<?php echo $category->name; ?>' &raquo;</a></strong></li>
       </ul>
       </li>
       <?php endforeach; endif ; ?>
   
       <?php if ( is_home() ) { ?>
       <li><h3><?php
       	// this is where the name of the News (or whatever) category gets printed
       	wp_list_categories('include=8&title_li=&style=none'); ?></h3>
       		<?php
       // this is where the last three headlines are pulled from the News (or whatever) category
       		query_posts('showposts=3&cat=8');
       		?>
       		<ul class="bullets">
        	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
             <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
        	<?php endwhile; ?>
        	</ul>
        	</li>
       <?php } ?>
   
       	<li><h3>Browse Archives</h3>
       	<form id="archiveform" action="">
       <select name="archive_chrono" onchange="window.location =
       (document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono[document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono.selectedIndex].value);">
       	<?php get_archives('monthly','','option'); ?>
       	</select>
       	</form>
       	</li>
   
       <li><h3>Browse Categories</h3>
       <ul class="subnav">
       <?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
       </ul>
       </li>
   
       <li><h3>Ads &amp; Sponsors</h3>
       </li>
   
       <li><h3>Contributors</h3>
   
       <ul class="bullets">
       <?php wp_list_authors
       ('exclude_admin=0&show_fullname=1&hide_empty=1&feed_image=' .
       get_bloginfo('template_url') . '/images/rss.gif&feed=XML'); ?>
        </ul>
       </li>
   
       </ul><!--END SIDELIST-->
       </div><!--END SIDEBAR-->
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [tenkabuto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tenkabuto/)
 * (@tenkabuto)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/#post-680285)
 * Can someone please help?

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catchable-fatal-error/#post-680285)
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