[RESOLVED] a "can't send headers" question

VisionsOfCody

The title of the thread says it all

I'm getting one of those messages :

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home.10.3/jeudeche/www/keywords.php:7) in /home.10.3/jeudeche/www/incl_question-code-1.php on line 5

this is starting code in the main page :

<? include "incl_question-code.php"; ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http ....

and this is in the include :

<?  session_start();
$_SESSION['score'] = 0;
$_SESSION['result'] = 0;
$gameVar = $_COOKIE['gameCookie'] + 1;
setcookie("gameCookie", $gameVar, time()+60*60*24*30*120);



if(!isset($_COOKIE['gameCookie'])){
		echo '<script language="javascript">';
		echo 'window.location.replace("jeu-de-cheval-jouer.php");';
		echo '</script>';
}

include "keywords.php";
?>

where am i going wrong ?

thanks for any help

Portexiq

It might be as simple as this:

check and remove any trailing space (lineshifts) behind/after the closing PHP-tag (?>). Just erase that space in a text editor as if youd erase a character.

Hope this helps! 😉

madwormer2

In keywords.php there is a header() call. BUT before that, you're sending data.

Avoid any echo calls before the include (including in the include) and make sure there's no whitepace or data outside of the <?php tags.

VisionsOfCody

madwormer2 wrote:
In keywords.php there is a header() call. BUT before that, you're sending data.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean 😕

here's what the code would look like if it was all in one file

<? session_start();
$gameVar = $_COOKIE['gameCookie'] + 1;
setcookie("gameCookie", $gameVar, time()+60*60*24*30*120);
$_SESSION['score'] = 0;
$_SESSION['result'] = 0;

if(!isset($_COOKIE['gameCookie'])){
		echo '<script language="javascript">';
		echo 'window.location.replace("jeu-de-cheval-jouer.php");';
		echo '</script>';
}	

$metaKeywords ="jeu de cheval, jeux de chevaux, quiz, cadeau cheval, quizz, jeu, quiz cheval, quizz, cheval, jeu de societe, jeux de société, jeu de société cheval, trivial pursuit, jeux de cheval, trivial pursuit cheval, cadeaux cheval, jeu equestre";
$keywordTirets="jeu-de-cheval";
$keywordLower="jeu de cheval";
$keywordUpper="Jeu de cheval"; 

?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML ...

I took out the whitespace but that doesn't seem to have had any effect

is it a bad idea putting an include inside another include ?

madwormer2

It could be something to do with the ordering of the sessions and cookies and whatnot.

I don't know, my previous reply was incorrect because I didn't read your problem properly.

Peace.

Installer

Look at what your error message is telling you: the header-affecting code on line 5 of the file "incl_question-code-1.php" (which appears to be the "set_cookie(...)" line) fails because line 7 of the file "keywords.php" has already caused the headers to be sent. What is line 7 of "keywords.php"?

VisionsOfCody

Installer wrote:
What is line 7 of "keywords.php"?

erm .... whitespace :o

it's sorted out now

thanks for your help