Still need help with header function

Anon

I can't get this header to work. I keep getting the error that a session has been started. So I went and made a completely blank page which I thought would insure that I don't have any output before the header.

that is the exact code yet I still get the error

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /Library/WebServer/WebSites/fulleffectfilms/testing.php:3) in /Library/WebServer/WebSites/fulleffectfilms/testing.php on line 3

can someone explain this to me?

Anon

You have to send the header before any output, which means that you can't have <body> before the header. And what's the point of outputting HTML tags anyway if you're redirecting?

Diego

Anon

that code was just on the blank page... my actual page is login page and pages where you have to be logged in.

Anon

the blank page was just to test the code and it still doesnt work...
if I leave out the html tags nothing shows up on page and if i put them the error is still there

alfoxy

what happens if you try

<?php
header("Location : index.php");
exit();
?>
<body>

This is the body
</body>

Anon

nothing happens it's still blank and the sourcecode reads as

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY>

this is the output of the code that you told me to put in

Anon

i just needed http:// in front of the link sometimes im so stupid