Title: Comment Callback Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Comment Callback Error

 *  [Ty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grvtyler/)
 * (@grvtyler)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-callback-error/)
 * Hello All,
    I recently followed this tutorial on doing custom comment styling.
   [Advanced WordPress Comment Styles and Tricks](http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/advanced-wordpress-comment-styles-and-tricks/)
   I keep getting: Warning: call_user_func(advanced_comment) [function.call-user-
   func]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback in /home/*******/public_html/*******/
   wp-includes/comment-template.php on line 1336. I am not sure why I am getting
   this error, I followed the tutorial step by step. Thank you in advance for any
   help 🙂 Here is my code (trying to put in backticks): Functions.php:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       	// Add RSS links to <head> section
       	automatic_feed_links();
   
       	// Load jQuery
       	if ( !is_admin() ) {
       	   wp_deregister_script('jquery');
       	   wp_register_script('jquery', ("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"), false);
       	   wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
       	}
   
       	// Clean up the <head>
       	function removeHeadLinks() {
           	remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
           	remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');
           }
           add_action('init', 'removeHeadLinks');
           remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
   
       	// Declare sidebar widget zone
           if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
           	register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar',
       'before_widget' => '',
       'after_widget' => '',
       'before_title' => '<h4>',
       'after_title' => '</h4>',
       ));
       /*
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-2',
       'before_widget' => '',
       'after_widget' => '',
       'before_title' => '<h4>',
       'after_title' => '</h4>',
       ));
   
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-3',
       'before_widget' => '',
       'after_widget' => '',
       'before_title' => '<h4>',
       'after_title' => '</h4>',
       )); */
       }
   
       //this function will be called in the next section
       function advanced_comment($comment, $args, $depth) {
          $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment; ?>
   
       <li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
          <div class="comment-author vcard">
            <?php echo get_avatar($comment,$size='48',$default='<path_to_url>' ); ?>
              <div class="comment-meta"><a href="<?php the_author_meta( 'user_url'); ?>"><?php printf(__('%s'), get_comment_author_link()) ?></a></div>
              <small><?php printf(__('%1$s at %2$s'), get_comment_date(),  get_comment_time()) ?><?php edit_comment_link(__('(Edit)'),'  ','') ?></small>
            </div>
            <div class="clear"></div>
   
            <?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
              <em><?php _e('Your comment is awaiting moderation.') ?></em>
              <br />
            <?php endif; ?>
   
            <div class="comment-text">
                <?php comment_text() ?>
            </div>
   
          <div class="reply">
             <?php comment_reply_link(array_merge( $args, array('depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth']))) ?>
          </div>
          <div class="clear"></div>
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 * Comments.php:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Default_Theme
        */
   
       // Do not delete these lines
       	if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
       		die ('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!');
   
       	if ( post_password_required() ) { ?>
       		<p class="nocomments">This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.</p>
       	<?php
       		return;
       	}
       ?>
   
       <!-- You can start editing here. -->
   
       <?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
       	<h3 id="comments"><?php comments_number('No Responses', 'One Response', '% Responses' );?> to “<?php the_title(); ?>”</h3>
   
       	<ol class="commentlist">
       		<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment&callback=advanced_comment'); //this is the important part that ensures we call our custom comment layout defined above
                       ?>
       	</ol>
       	<div class="clear"></div>
       	<div class="comment-navigation">
       		<div class="older"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
       		<div class="newer"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
       	</div>
        <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
   
       	<?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
       		<!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->
   
       	 <?php else : // comments are closed ?>
       		<!-- If comments are closed. -->
       		<p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>
   
       	<?php endif; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
   
       <div id="respond">
   
       <h3><?php comment_form_title( 'Comment', 'Leave a Reply to %s' ); ?></h3>
   
       <div class="cancel-comment-reply">
       	<small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link(); ?></small>
       </div>
   
       <?php if ( get_option('comment_registration') && !is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
       <p>You must be <a href="<?php echo wp_login_url( get_permalink() ); ?>">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
   
       <?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
   
       <p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>" title="Log out of this account">Log out &raquo;</a></p>
   
       <?php else : //this is where we setup the comment input forums ?>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo esc_attr($comment_author); ?>" size="22" tabindex="1" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="author"><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo esc_attr($comment_author_email); ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo esc_attr($comment_author_url); ?>" size="22" tabindex="3" />
       <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <!--<p><small><strong>XHTML:</strong> You can use these tags: <code><?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></code></small></p>-->
   
       <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>
   
       <p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Post" />
       <?php comment_id_fields(); ?>
       </p>
       <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
   
       </form>
   
       <?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
       </div>
   
       <?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [Ty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grvtyler/)
 * (@grvtyler)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-callback-error/#post-3134328)
 * Almost forgot, if this helps any. Line 1336 from comment-template.php:
 *     ```
       if ( !empty($args['callback']) ) {
       	call_user_func($args['callback'], $comment, $args, $depth);
       	return;
       ```
   

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