You can only set a cookie before any output is send to the browser. A newline, space, or <html>, etc, is output to the browser. Redesign your code so the cookie is set before any output or use output buffering.
---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Powell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Help! Can't set cookie or redirect!!! > > I am getting the following errors attempting to set a cookie and redirect: > > Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output > started at /users/ppowell/web/my/process.php:5) in > /users/ppowell/web/my/process.php on line 76 > > Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output > started at /users/ppowell/web/my/process.php:5) in > /users/ppowell/web/my/process.php on line 77 > > > Lines: > > setcookie("valLayout", $id, time()+3600*24*30*12*100, $SERVER_NAME); // > WILL EXPIRE IN 100 YEARS.. UM YEAH > header("Location: " . $HTTP_POST_VARS["refURL"]); > > The first time I ran this script it set the cookie just fine; subsequent > runnings of this script produce this error. What am I doing wrong, > anyone? > > Thanx > Phil -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
