Sessions

Anon

whenever I try to use sessions I keep getting error messages. I decided to isolate the error and have an index.php file which contains the following php code:
<?
session_start();
?>

when I load this file I get the following error:
Warning: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at c:\program files\apache group\apache\httpdocs\index.php:8) in c:\program files\apache group\apache\httpdocs\index.php on line 9

anyone know the solution to this problem???

knickerlas

This snippet and any other session_register() calls must be sent before anything is outputted to the browser:

Nick

Anon

I've done that and still get the same error message...

Here's the entire index.php file that I'm trying this with..

knickerlas

Your body tag is going to the browser!
HTML is sent to the client.
just put your session stuff at the top of the page

Nick

Anon

Ok... that fixed it.

Thanks for your help

cheald

Alternately, you can use output buffering. At the very beginning of the file, before ANYTHING else, call this:

<?ob_start();?>

and then at the very end of the file, call this:

<?ob_end_flush();?>

With that code in place, you can start sessions or send headers from anywhere in the code.

Anon

Thank the Lord!
I was about to shoot myself!

Thank you!!