How to display text only if there are comments?

[jonbey]

I am sure this is a simple thing, but my attempts result in a php error and no site!

I want this code (which is in the loop.php) to only appear if comments are switched on:

<a href="#comment"><b>FREE ADVICE HERE</b></a> (<?php comments_number( 'Ask a question', 'one response', '% responses' ); ?>).

So, it should not appear on my homepage (no comments on home page) or any other pages where I have disabled comments. You can see it on the top (ish) of the pages between the titles and content (or in the case of the homepage that has no title displayed, below the main horizontal menu).

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Jon.

[chipbennett]

Try wrapping your code in the following conditional, using comments_open() and have_comments():

 if ( comments_open() && have_comments ) {
    // Comments are open, and there are comments;
    // do something.
}