On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 23:48 -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Terry J Daichendt wrote: > > The error message told it all. Jochem was correct albiet not in the > > style I prefer. I had the code in an HTML page after the header. I've > > been a programmer for 15 years but I'm brand new to PHP. Anyone can make > > a rookie mistake. Thanks everyone for the help. Everyone was partially > > correct in assessing the problem. > > > > Terry > > > > > > > > "Eric Gorr" <mailist@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:506F3853-DD28-4F71-A3DF-F9BB0A32AABF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> On Sep 18, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Terry J Daichendt wrote: > >> > >>> I'm pasting this code from the example at php.net and getting these > >>> errors. Can anyone determine what I'm doing wrong? > >>> > >>> <?php > >>> // page1.php > >>> > >>> session_start(); > >>> > >>> echo 'Welcome to page #1'; > >>> > >>> $_SESSION['favcolor'] = 'green'; > >>> $_SESSION['animal'] = 'cat'; > >>> $_SESSION['time'] = time(); > >>> > >>> // Works if session cookie was accepted > >>> echo '<br /><a href="page2.php">page 2</a>'; > >>> > >>> // Or maybe pass along the session id, if needed > >>> echo '<br /><a href="page2.php?' . SID . '">page 2</a>'; > >>> ?> > >> > >> Well, this is weird. When I copied your text and tried it myself, the > >> error I got was: > >> > >> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /Users/ericgorr/ > >> Sites/page1.php on line 9 > >> > >> Now, of course, there is nothing visibly wrong with line 9 > >> ($_SESSION['animal'] = 'cat';). But, when I had my text editor show > >> invisible characters, there were some on that line and line 10. > >> > >> Do you have a text editor that can show invisible characters? > >> > >> On the Mac, the one I really like (and is free) is TextWrangler > >> (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ ) and has this > >> capability. This may be part of your problem. Once I got rid of the > >> invisible characters, the example worked without any problems. > >> > >> Also, are you certain there are no spaces or anything (even invisible > >> characters) before <?php? > >> > >> Whenever I've gotten a similar error in the past, that was nearly > >> always the problem. You are welcome to compress the text file and > >> send it to me directly so I can see exactly what it contains. > >> > > > Since you're a PHP rookie, to sum it up: there can not be any output > before you start a session. > > When PHP interprets a file (include or otherwise) it considers anything > before <?php as HTML, so it outputs it as HTML (newlines, spaces, > whatever). So if you have whitespace before the <?php, then the PHP > interpreter outputs it, thus the output before the session_start() error. > > -Shawn > It's an easy mistake to make, not just reserved for rookies ;) I had a similar problem streaming video to the browser, and found that for some reason all the video files were larger than the original and wouldn't play. Turned out (after some very strong words aimed in the general direction of my laptop) that I'd included a header file which was outputting some HTML! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
