diff --git a/html/includes/functions.inc.php b/html/includes/functions.inc.php
index d846d2ce8..d7fe5b323 100644
--- a/html/includes/functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/functions.inc.php
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ function add_config_item($new_conf_name,$new_conf_value,$new_conf_type,$new_conf
 
 function get_config_by_group($group) {
     $group = array($group);
+    $items = array();
     foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `config` WHERE `config_group` = '?'", array($group)) as $config_item) {
         $val = $config_item['config_value'];
         if (filter_var($val,FILTER_VALIDATE_INT)) {
@@ -807,6 +808,7 @@ function get_config_by_group($group) {
 
 function get_config_like_name($name) {
     $name = array($name);
+    $items = array();
     foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `config` WHERE `config_name` LIKE '%?%'", array($name)) as $config_item) {
         $items[$config_item['config_name']] = $config_item;
     }