[ciapug] What does it mean?

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:16:20 -0500

At least the #!..... is getting sent to the by the pages that should not 
need to happen.

Laith

David Champion wrote:
> 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
> 
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