Hi Philip, You'll probably want to move your session handling code to the top of the main entry point of your application, rather than starting it in a sub-page. This way all subpages get the benefit of being able to use the session data. Even if not strictly necessary, the option is there in the event you add features later on that require sessions throughout the application. A possible alternative is to use output buffering, which allows you to start a session even after output has been sent. Though this is more likely a kludge rather than a good solution to the problem. James >-----Original Message----- >From: Philip Thompson [mailto:prthomp@xxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:46 AM >To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: HTTP header information > > >Hi all. > >I am running a website to where a user needs to login to authenticate >themselves to perform certain tasks. So a user logs in, and I start a >session (in PHP, of course). Well, the catch is, I am doing this all >from one page, 'viewer.php', and I just tack on the specific view/page >that I want them to see, depending on the link selected on that page. >Meaning, they click on the 'submit problem' link and it goes to >'viewer.php?type=submitproblem'. > >The problem comes whenever I load the view 'submitproblem' and I start >a session with session_start(), which carries over the variable to tell >whether or not the user is logged in. If they have not logged in >whenever they click on 'submitproblem' then it will redirect them to >'viewer.php?type=login'. So I log in, and then go to 'submitproblem'. > >This is where I get the error: "Warning: session_start(): Cannot send >session cookie - headers already sent". Essentially, I understand why >this is occurring, but is there an easy way to get around it without >creating a new page, such as 'submitproblem.php' instead of >'viewer.php?type=submitproblem'??? > >Thanks a bunch >~Philip > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php