Header problem...

[Independent]

This is the error I recieve.

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\inetpub\wwwroot\authenticate.php:9) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\authenticate.php on line 40

Here is the code...

<?
$UserName = $POST['UserName'];
$Password = $POST['Password'];
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", $UserName, $Password);

if($link)
{

$text2 = <<<END
<center>
<form action="newspost.php" method="post" name="News" id="News">
<input name="UserName" type="text" value ="$UserName" readonly="true">
<BR>
<BR>
<br>
<input name="Password" type="password" value="$Password" readonly="true">

<BR>
<BR>
<br>

<textarea name="News" cols="70" rows="30"></textarea>
<BR>
<BR>
<br>
<input name="submit" type="Submit" value="Update News">
</form>
</center>
END;

print $text2;
}

else
{
ECHO "Login Failed! Please try again...";
header("location:index.php");

exit;
}

?>

Its says the problem is at the initial <? . Thanks for the help!

[Independent]

If someone could tell me how to post the variables $UserName and $Password without having to print them in a text field, I would be your new best friend...

[m_tt]

<?php

$username	= $HTTP_POST_VARS['UserName'];
$password	= $HTTP_POST_VARS['Password'];
$output_s	= "";

if ($link = mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password))	{
	$output_s = '
		<center> 
		<form action="newspost.php" method="post" name="News" id="News"> 
		<input name="UserName" type="text" value ="$UserName" readonly="true"> 
		<br><br><br>
		<input name="Password" type="password" value="$Password" readonly="true">
		<br><br><br>
		<textarea name="News" cols="70" rows="30"></textarea> 
		<br><br><br>
		<input name="submit" type="Submit" value="Update News">
		</form>
		</center>
		';
} else {
	//	Fail
	//	You can use any ONE line of code here.

	//	If you output to the browser, the headers have been sent,
	//	you cannot redirect after headers have been sent. One other
	//	option would be to load an HTML page with a META REFRESH.

	$output_s = "Login Failed! Please try again...";
//		die("Login Failed! Please try again...");
//		header("Location: index.php");
	}

echo $output_s;

?>

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Thanks for the info! Hey can anyone tell me about sending the variables $username and $password without having to put them in a text field?