br549 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I have an error is occurring because of an html webpage with a "php require" at the top of the page calling a script. Somehow I'm having a problem with the html page and the script both trying to create a page header. The result is.. when the script executes. I get an error. I'm a weak coder and this is driving me crazy. I've read header section in this forum. And it's a bit complicated for me. please tolerate my "inability." ---------- Html page : <?php require('geoipscript.php'); ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>the site</title> The script is a bit more complicated. <link href="css/reset.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 I forgot the code: <?php /* April 4, 2009 - Script looks up the country code and state name of a visitor's IP address Visitors are given access depending on their geographic location */ // VARIABLES $host='localhost'; //Enter your host here within the quotes $username='thename'; //Enter your username of the mysql database $passwd='password2enter'; //Enter the password for that username $database='AAA1'; //This is where you database info is stored. $badurl='http://badurl.com'; // This is where you will be redirected if people are BAD $goodcountry = array('BE'); // Must be universal country code $goodregions = array('Bruxelles'); // Must be FULL name // PROCESS function Dot2LongIP ($IPaddr) { if ($IPaddr == "") { return 0; } else { $ips = split ("\.", "$IPaddr"); return ($ips[3] + $ips[2] * 256 + $ips[1] * 256 * 256 + $ips[0] * 256 * 256 * 256); } } $db = mysql_connect($host,$username,$passwd) or die ("mysql_connect() failed: " . mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($database,$db) or die ("mysql_select_db() failed: " . mysql_error()); $ip = Dot2LongIP($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']); $result = @mysql_query ("SELECT country_code, state_name FROM find_location WHERE '$ip' <= ip_to and '$ip' >= ip_from limit 1"); while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array ($result)) { $country = $row[0]; $region = $row[1]; } if ($_GET['geo_debug']=="true") { // if degugging, just show what would happen echo "IP: ".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."<br>Long: $ip<br>Country Code: $country<br>Region: $region<br>Allow? "; if (!in_array($country, $goodcountry) && !in_array($region, $goodregions)) { echo "No"; } else { echo "Yes"; } } else { // if not debugging, redirect them if needed if (!in_array($country, $goodcountry) && !in_array($region, $goodregions)) { header("Location: $badurl"); exit(); } } ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 And the error is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 And the error is? Please tolerate me... I'm not the smartest person in the world. (But I try hard) Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/host/public_html/website.com/index.html:1) in /home/host/public_html/website.com/geoipscript.php on line 49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 It means that you are outputting content to the browser before trying to send a header. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 It means that you are outputting content to the browser before trying to send a header. ok, please tolerate me a little bit more. When I did this work, I literally had someone standing over my shoulder talking me through it. So here is a real noob question. What do I need to do to correct this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Make sure there is no output before any headers are sent. even spaces. so ensure that this is the first thing in your script. <?php require('geoipscript.php'); ?> no spaces before the <?php, nothing is echoed before any header() calls. That is assuming that geoscript.php is the script you posted the code for. Also just noticed, why does index.html have php in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 Make sure there is no output before any headers are sent. even spaces. so ensure that this is the first thing in your script. <?php require('geoipscript.php'); ?> no spaces before the <?php, nothing is echoed before any header() calls. This is where I'm having the problem. The <?php require('geoipscript.php'); ?> is the very first thing and there are no spaces. If there is something there.. I can't see it. That is assuming that geoscript.php is the script you posted the code for. Also just noticed, why does index.html have php in it? Index.html is an html page. I use the <?php require('geoipscript.php'); ?> at the top of this page to call the script geoipscript.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Your index.html page has been saved with the UTF-8 BOM (Byte Order Mark) characters at the start of the file. You need to save it without the BOM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Your index.html page has been saved with the UTF-8 BOM (Byte Order Mark) characters at the start of the file. You need to save it without the BOM. This ? <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Oh lord love a duck. I did some research and found out what that was. (Like I said, I'm not the smartest person in the world) Alright I origionally did an edit in notepad. Which probably put the "unseen" bom there But can I ask, will including a signature Unicode BOM when I do my save on the files cause similar problems ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br549 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Problem solved ! And what a nightmare it was... So that others can learn from my mistakes.. Here is the story of how an amateur messed up. I do quick edits all the time on my sites using Notepad. Until recently, I never had a single problem. But yesterday, problems struck with vengence. I'm not the smartest person in the world and I'm a real hack at any coding. Until a few hours ago, I never even heard of "UTF-8 BOM." I had no clue in the world there was "Invisable characters." ((Seems pretty stupid if you ask me. I would expect a text editor should show me everything on the page.)) Well, I downloaded a programe called "Topstyle lite". And like throwing flower on the Invisable man... boom! My invisable characters showed up. I deleted them and everything came back online. Thank you to this forum and everyone in this thread that has helped me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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