Why is the number of comments not showing?

Question

1C-Bitrix

I can't understand why, the number of comments to the "news" infoblock entry is not displayed
Here is the code

<li class="post__icon post__icon--comments">Comments / <span><?=(strlen($arItem["PROPERTIES"]["FORUM_MESSAGE_CNT"]["VALUE"]) > 0 
? $arItem["PROPERTIES"]["FORUM_MESSAGE_CNT"]["VALUE"] : "0");?></span></li>

what tips

Answer 1

check if there is anything in $arItem["PROPERTIES"]["FORUM_MESSAGE_CNT"]["VALUE"]
<pre>
<?print_r($arItem["PROPERTIES"]["FORUM_MESSAGE_CNT"])?>
</ pre>