[SOLVED] PHP session errors Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter -

[cooldude832]

I have a script that says

<?

session_start();

ob_start();

?>

 

and it gives me

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /hsphere/local/home/pira00/upperstraitscleanlake.org/horse/login.php:1) in /hsphere/local/home/pira00/upperstraitscleanlake.org/horse/login.php on line 2

 

 

why?

 

my autosession start is set to manual and i think i'm running php 4.4.4

[cooldude832]

I have read the php headers Errors page and still no help

 

I can have just 1 line of code and any header mod it errors on.

Please Help.

 

 

[hitman6003]

sessions use cookies...if output has been sent to the browser before it can send the cookie header, it will fail.

 

EDIT:

 

This means that if you have a newline at the top of your php script, before the opening tag, it will output a newline...which will cause your header to fail...

 

///top of file, blank "newline" can't be here
<?php
....
?>

[cooldude832]

<?php
$start = session_start();
$ob = ob_start();
?>

In notepad++ UTF-8 encoding

I've tried doing it in notepad also using UTF-8 no good.

 

I do not have any comments pre <?php

[john010117]

Just try:

<?php
session_start();
ob_start();
?>

 

See if that works.

[kenrbnsn]

There have been instances of some editors putting an unprintable character at the very start of the file. What editor do you use to write your script?

 

Try deleting the "<?php" line and retyping it.

 

Ken

[cooldude832]

removal of the <?php did not work check out:

http://upperstraitscleanlake.org/horse/login.php

and see the error for your self

 

editor is notepad++ utf-8 it does do pretty print.

 

[cooldude832]

I did it in ascii in notepad and no error.  Strange how utf-8 fails and ascii works

thanks.

[john010117]

I use the same program. Try to edit PHP in ANSCI mode from now on.