http header error i CAN'T FIX!! HELP!!

djiabloh

i have been using win2000, iis5 and php4,.. and i have also tried the badblue server. but not apache yet, though i feel i will get the same problem with it as well.
i have had php running as both a cgi app and as an isapi filter (not at the same time) and neither perform the task.

first normaly scripting seems to be processed fine, but when http headers are used i get the error stated below.

i have been struggling to make a user authentication setup to make my pages viewable only by those who have valid usernames and passwords, ..and i have been trying several pre-made php scripts i downloaded, but no matter what platform i run them on i get the same error msg, and i have been reading posts and manuals all day long but to no avail. the error i reads:

WARNING: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\path to page.php:3) in C:\path to page.php on line 3 the last number changes with wherever the line of code might be.

i have tried all sorts of configurations and nothing works, not once. i have posted this question before, but no one replied, and i am desperatley trying to make this work. i need to learn php but with server or parsing problems i may never will.

thanks in advance,..
Aaron

brandonschnell

post a url where we can see the results or post a sample of the php code that you're using.

ziong

From PHP Manual:

Note: Remember that the Header() function must be called before any actual output is sent either by normal HTML tags or from PHP. It is a very common error to read code with include() or with auto_prepend and have spaces or empty lines in this code that force output before header() is called.

ame12

If you're using IIS and NT user accounts, all you need to do is to protect the PHP folder/file properties (right click on the folder and select sharing) with the right group ACLs. For any known NT user you can use "Authenticated users".

Not sure what else you need to do to get this to work... once you have IIS protecting your pages using ACLs, you shouldn't need to do anything w/ the headers.

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Anon

Windows does not support the auth header

Anon

and this is another perfect example of how much HELP crying you can spare yourself if you just use the archiv ... Search in the support forum for "header error", you get around 3500 Hits and the first four are obviously concerning different matters and the fifth is describing exactly your problem ...

Really this question is asked at least every other day and the archiv of PHPBuilder contains ALL the knowledge you need to build even the best and most complexe PHP-Application you can imagine, so use this knowledge ...

I really do not want to be mean and i stumpled over the same error and it took some time to find the Quote in the manual but maybe the next time you find your solution quicker 🙂

cya Rob