[ciapug] What does it mean?

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:38:53 -0500

Looks like maybe you're running PHP as a CGI?

If your web server knows to parse PHP, then no you don't need it. 
Easiest way would be to create a test page:

<? echo("test") ?>

... and see if it prints "test" or if it shows the PHP code.

-dc

Jane Swanson wrote:
> My code starts:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/php
> <?php
>  session_start();
>  $_SESSION['sessID'] = 'test';
>  $_SESSION['searchID'] = 2;
> // ?>
> // <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
> //<html>
> //<head>
> 
> Both warning messages show.  Then, on the next program
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/php
> <?php
>  session_start();
>  echo 'The content of $_SESSION[\'searchID\'] is '
>    .$_SESSION['searchID'].'<br />';
>  echo 'The content of $_SESSION[\'sessID\'] is '
>    .$_SESSION['sessID'].'<br />';
> ?>
>  <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
>  <html>
> 
> This does print the values, but the second warning shows.
> 
> My host requires "#!/usr/local/bin/php" to identify the location of PHP.
> Am I doing that wrong?  Is that statement why I'm getting the warnings?
> 
> JBS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <vanish@dreamscapevisionery.com>
> To: <ciapug@cialug.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [ciapug] What does it mean?
> 
> 
> 
>>That means you're sending session_start() after you've sent HTML. YOu need
> 
> to
> 
>>place session_start() above any HTML sent by the page. Once you send any
>>information to the browser, you can't request a session or Location
> 
> change,
> 
>>among others.
>>
>>Quoting Jane Swanson <jswanson@website-center.com>:
>>
>>
>>>First [of many]:  I get the following warning message at the first page
> 
> of my
> 
>>>session:
>>>      Warning</b>:  Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by
>>>(output started at /home/...cgi-bin/select.php:2) in
>>><b>/home/...cgi-bin/select.php</b> on line <b>3</b><br>
>>>
>>>      ANd on all pages:
>>>            <b>Warning</b>:  Cannot send session cache limiter - headers
>>>already sent (output started at /home/....cgi-bin/select.php:2) in
>>><b>/home/....cgi-bin/select.php</b> on line <b>3</b><br>
>>>
>>>      I can suppress the messages if I use @ with my  session_start().
> 
> What
> 
>>>do they mean?  My session variables pass as:
>>>
>>>       $_SESSION['sessID'] = 'test';
>>>       $_SESSION['searchID'] = 2;
>>>
>>>      Enough for the first Q.  Is this telling me something I should
> 
> know?
> 
>>>      JBS