Magento – Call to a member function getName() on a non-object- Error On Index Page, Runs At Product Page

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My Problem might simple, but I am not getting where exactly problem is.

I have created on custom block under local cood pool. then extends the Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Abstract method, I have also created on phtml page under frontend > page > html.

My code works perfect when I click on product page. But when I move to index page It gives me error,

Call to a member function getName() on a non-object-

Please refer following code and give me some suggestions.

Block

class Kultureshop_Page_Block_Html_Custom extends Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Abstract
{

    protected $_crumbs = null;
    protected $_cacheKeyInfo = null;
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->setTemplate('page/html/custom.phtml');
    }
      public function getProduct()
       {

        if (!Mage::registry('product') && $this->getProductId()) 
          { 
           $product =   Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($this->getProductId());
            Mage::register('product', $product);
          }
        return Mage::registry('product');
    }
}

phtml

$_product = $this->getProduct(); ?>
 <div class="">
 <h1><b>   <?php echo($_product->getName()); ?> By <?php echo($_product->getArtist()); ?>

Best Answer

When entering the index page, there is neither a registry entry available nor a product ID passed to your custom block.

On the product page, the current product is registered via Mage_Catalog_Helper_Product::initProduct(), so it works fine there.

On the index page, you need to pass in a product ID explicitly when creating your custom block. There are multiple options to do so, depending on how you declare/create the block.

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