[Resolved] Header redirect problem

[Davidc316]

On most of my PHP pages I have a simple include statement which says include("databaseinfo.php");

The file, databaseinfo.php is a short and simply bit of code that simply declares the variables for getting into my mySQL database.

The entire file reads as follows...

<?
$host="hostname";
$user="myname";
$password="mypassword";
$database="thedatabase";
?>

Now, I've been successfully including that file on just about every page when I've been testing it on my home computer. I have had no problems at all, whenever I've tested the site on my homecomputer (which has Apache installed at the localhost).

HOWEVER, when I use those same scripts on the "real", online website, then it won't let me do header redirects after the include statement. I keep getting the error message...

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at bla bla bla on line 15"

So, in other words, it's counting the include statements as screen output- which it clearly is NOT.

Can anyone PLEASE offer any advice with this one? It's killing me.

[ahundiak]

Even an empty space at the end of the file (after the ?>) can cause problems. But the fact that it's working on your local machine hints that the problem might be else where. Unless you edited the file on the server and accidently added a space or empty line?

Try a simple test file that just includes the info file and then redirects. No other code. That will verify the source of the problem.

You can also use the ob_ routines to eliminate the problem though there might be a slight performance hit.

[Davidc316]

Thank you!!!

You were right!

The strange thing about this problem is that when I looked at the two files side by side (the one stored on localhost and the broken one that's online), they both looked exactly the same.

But, I suppose there must have been a space after the "?>" or something like that, after all.

Thanks again. You're a star!