Problems with syslog, session on 1 page

[Anon]

I am trying to integrate opening a session and registering session variables and the logging actions using syslog().

The code excerpt is as follows (the sessino code worked fine before the log code).

session_save_path(SESSION_PATH);
session_name(WOS_SESSION_NAME);
session_start();

if (!LOG_AUTH) {
define_syslog_variables();
}
openlog(WOSLOG_IDENT, LOG_NDELAY, LOG_AUTH);
syslog($priority, $emsg);
closelog();

I then get an error message:

"Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at LINE...)"

where LINE points to the syslog code. Why would the log code send any HTTP headers and what strategies should I use to get round this limitation?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Harley Mackenzie

[khaine]

Sounds like you need to alter your php.ini file. Have a look for it on your system. On linux it is usually in /usr/local/lib. I think windows tends to have it in the windows directory.
On linux if it doesnt exist in the /usr/local/lib dir then you can copy it into there.

Find the line that reads

output_buffering = Off

change the off to on and do a restart. Your script will work then.

The reason it throws an error is that the session_start sends some sort of headers and then later the syslog must be sending more. with the buffering turned off it causes and error with it on it doesnt.

Mark.