Hangwire Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Can someone explain to me whats wrong with this? <?php session_start(); // store session data $_SESSION['views']=1; ?> <html> <body> <?php //retrieve session data echo "Pageviews=". $_SESSION['views']; ?> </body> </html> The output it gives me in the browser is this: Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at D:\Program Files\xampp\xampp\htdocs\sessions.php:1) in D:\Program Files\xampp\xampp\htdocs\sessions.php on line 2 Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at D:\Program Files\xampp\xampp\htdocs\sessions.php:1) in D:\Program Files\xampp\xampp\htdocs\sessions.php on line 2 Pageviews=1 Explanation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypnos Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 You can't output anything before setting headers. session_start() sets headers. Make sure you don't have any spaces before your first <?php. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangwire Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Nope, no spaces. I tried to put it in <head> (I'm not really sure what you mean by setting headers ) but it still gives the same error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryflex Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 aren't there any enters before <?php make sure the top part of the code is as thight as possible so no enters or spaces or tabs when not needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 There's a sticky post for this commonly occurring problem - http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,37442.0.html Based on the line number (1) where the output is occurring, you likely have a file saved as a UTF-8 file with the BOM characters. You would need to save the file without the BOM or save it as an ANSI file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangwire Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Worked like a charm when I converted it to ANSI! Thank you all for the quick replies and patience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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