[SOLVED] Page has whitespace at the top

[JREAM]

Hey I tried finding this on google but I can't and I've been stuck for about 6 days.

 

I have a whitespace which looks like a TAB characters, and 2 lines above my <!DOCTYPE>. It is creating a visible gap on the actual page.

 

1. I have an included file:

require_once(ctrl.fun.'session.php');

* If I remove that string, the white space goes away.

 

2. Inside session.php is this:

<?php
session_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION['userLogged']) && !isset($_SESSION['userID'])) {
header('location: login.php');
exit;
}
?>

* Contrary, If I remove the code above from session.php, the white space still stays.

 

I am not sure what the cause of this is. I am using Smarty Template Engine if that makes a difference, which doesn't seem to be the case here.

[MadTechie]

could be some encoding, try opening the files in notepad and re-saving them!

[JREAM]

Okay I will tinker around with it, just wanted a once over from someone else

[JREAM]

In notepad++ I had to set the Format to: UTF-8 without BOM