Warning: Cannot send session cookie

mohamed42

That's part of the error I'm getting. The whole thing is:

Warning: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /www/verlynia/school/login.php:2) in /www/verlynia/school/login.php on line 4

and

Warning: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /www/verlynia/school/login.php:2) in /www/verlynia/school/login.php on line 4

You can see the errors yourself by going to
http://www.verlynia.com/school/login.php

You can see the code below.

<?
session_start();

if(!$charname){
include("login.htm");
exit;}

if($charname && !$login){
include("regform.htm");
exit;}

include("dbconnect.php");

Some white space deleted for readability. I suspect that the problem is in the php.ini file, and not with my code. However, if more code is needed, I'll be glad to provide it in another post.

If it is the php.ini file- I've been informed by my hosting company (hostway.com, I highly recommend them,) that I can make my own customized php.ini file, they've shown me where to put it and everything. I looked at theirs (or what I think is theirs anyway,) and it's about 1,200 k, and is most certainly not ASCII text. So basically, if it's the php.ini file, and what I just looked at is it, I'm going to need help with that too, if it's not too much to ask.

Thanks in advance for your help. Most of this project is going to be simple once I get the session/cookies thing worked out. My first, and most everything is going smooth as... that one black guy from the '70s movie... what's his name? Shaft, yeah, smooth as him in his stylin' car, bustin' up bad guys and picking up chicks all at once. (Of course, the bad guys will have a fair trial and the women are strong and independent and have fascinating personalities every one of them, you just don't see it on screen. Don't want to ruffle any feathers 😉 I'm rambling, must be time for sleep. Or more Wolfenstein II...

mohamed42

Here's my phpinfo() file:
http://www.verlynia.com/phpinfo.php

khaine

What you need to do is go to your php.ini file and find the line that reads.

output_buffering = Off

change the off to On and restart. this will stop the warning messages.

Mark.

mohamed42

Ok, thanks Mark. Is there a place I can go to see what all of the different settings mean? Also, about the php.ini file... my hosting company says that I can make one that will override the defaults. Can it be simple ASCII text with a .ini extension? If I make one, will I need to reproduce the entire php.ini file? Or can I just make a file that has only one line,
output_buffering = On
and only that one setting will be changed? I hope I'm making sense here.
Thanks,
Dan

khaine

I dont know about making an ini file that will override the defaults. You will have to restart the server for the new ini file to take effect. So unless you can start and stop the server instead of getting the provider to do it the new ini file will have no effect. As for creating one. it is just a plain text file. the values are commented as to what they mean in the php.ini file itself. I have never seen anywhere else that the values are explained. But as I understand it the server has a set of defaults built in if you build an ini file in with just what you want to change the server will default any you dont change.

Mark.

Anon

Make sure any cookie setting happens at the very beginning of your file.