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Cannot add header information-headers already sent

Anon

I use function
setcookie ("xxx", "yyy");
in .

It was returned error
"Cannot add header information-headers already sent".
How can i solve the problem?

I need to add cookie within html
tag.
Thank you

Anon

I'm not sure what you mean by saying "add cookie
within html tag". Cookies are part of the http
header, and must be sent before any of the content
(tags, etc) is sent. That's just the nature of http.

To make it work, you must call setcookie() before
any output is sent. Even a single blank space before
your opening <b><?php</b> tag is enough; PHP
will send that as an ordinary space first, and you'll
get the 'headers already sent' error message.

Anon

It means you have sent something to the header and then tried top set the cookie. THe usual culprit is an include file.
Like Kirk said check that the set cookie statement is the FIRST thing on the page

Anon

THanks guys that one was really bugging me.

Anon

check your file .if there are or <head> etc before header(),delete it.or place the header() before them.Good Luck.