How To Fix Error Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent
How To Fix Error Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent
How To Fix Error Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent
By: Help Fix Code Script
I was migrating a website from one server to another server. Once I had uploaded all the files to the new server and pulled the website, I kept getting this error at the top of the page:
Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /var/www/html/includes/myfile.php:1) in /var/www/header_file.php on line 7
when I pulled header_file.php, I had this on line 7:
session_start();
I searched google to see if could find the answer, on one forum I found this thread that said to move the session_start(); to the very top like on line 2 after the
So i did that and it worked, I didn't get the error anymore. But I still questioned as to why it worked on the other server without any errors. The only think I could think of is that on of the includes files i had between line 2-7 had to have a character in the code...
You see, The RULE is you cannot have anything before the session_start(); NOT ONE CHARACTER, otherwise, the browser thinks the webpage has already started, so before you start session_start(); YOU CANNOT START THE HEADER. You start the header with any character, this includes white spaces (space bar)
So I looked in all my include files and sure enough, there was a space before the "
Bottom line is, you can't have any characters display before the session_start() function, otherwise you will get this error.
Hope his helps
Posted on: May 07, 2006
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# 128755 Reply By banks On Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:00 am
I did face the same problem along time ago when i used to develop with PHP, but now i back to use PHP i face the same problem again and with your help i did get the solution very easily!
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
# 127409 Reply By Noodle On Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:22 am
thanks for sharing this.. I also encountered this problem. This tip really works! :)
# 127172 Reply By vtlam On Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:34 am
This error display when we change my document encoding = unicode. If we change back encoding = ansi, there no error showed.
# 127028 Reply By Anish On Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:28 am
am diggin the web for 5hrs n atlast found the solution here..
thank u..
thank u..
# 124115 Reply By nathan On Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:31 am
thank u sooo much, it worked i guess no space is needed,,, thanks sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
# 123378 Reply By Anupam On Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:12 am
thanks for the help!
# 122183 Reply By webmaster On Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:44 am
you should change it to:
<?php
//store session data
$_session['views']=1;
data
echo "pageviews=". $_session['views'];
?>
<htm
<?php
//store session data
$_session['views']=1;
data
echo "pageviews=". $_session['views'];
?>
<htm
# 122154 Reply By phpbeginner On Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:06 pm
hi,am having probs executing the php script below :
<html>
<body>
<?php store session data
$_session['views']=1;
session data
echo "pageviews=". $_session['views'];
?>
</bo
everytime i run it i get an error like :
warning: session_start(): cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\session.php in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\session.php on line 6
pageviews=1 "
can you enlignten me with the solution and thanks for your help inadvance.
<html>
<body>
<?php store session data
$_session['views']=1;
session data
echo "pageviews=". $_session['views'];
?>
</bo
everytime i run it i get an error like :
warning: session_start(): cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\session.php in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\session.php on line 6
pageviews=1 "
can you enlignten me with the solution and thanks for your help inadvance.
# 120208 Reply By Patrice On Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:24 am
thanks so much for explaining this. i was having problems with this error message in my class assignment.
# 118503 Reply By anoop On Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:19 am
hai , put <?php session_start(); ?>
as the "first line" of the page it fixed the error for me.
as the "first line" of the page it fixed the error for me.
# 117387 Reply By John On Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:54 pm
yes this did help!
thanks for the post!
thanks for the post!
# 115127 Reply By Reima On Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:53 am
i had the same problem when installed a page generator on to existing server. it was very easy to fix after finding your advice. now it works without this warning message. thanks a lot!
# 113597 Reply By Yigit On Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:16 pm
don' t include unicode signature (bom) to your php file. in dreamveawer, open page properties then click title/encoding tab. clear the unicode signature checkbox and save file then try again.
# 112419 Reply By Bogdan On Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:30 am
you are sooo right. this helped me alot. i was getting the same error & it turns out i had some spaces after a function.
thank you
thank you
# 110210 Reply By Daniel On Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:13 am
you are the man! thanks a million times.
# 106716 Reply By Andres On Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:21 am
thaks a lot
# 106020 Reply By Csaba On Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:38 pm
thx guys, that fixed the problem...remove all lines befor the <?php opening tag, and put the session_start(); to the secont line right after the starting tag...& voila...it works:):)
# 105845 Reply By Behzad On Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:21 am
thanks for the post, but i have the same problem and i've deleted all of the white spaces and line breaks before my php tag and its still not working ! the session_start() is in my first line and theres no other chars before that , but i'm still getting that error message !
# 101166 Reply By Tony On Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:34 pm
i removed the byte order mark (bom) from my textfile, and the warnings disappeared. (had the session start first).
# 99471 Reply By wahyono On Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:21 am
<?php
session_start()
?>
diatas ditaruh diatas tag html
# 97250 Reply By Jiew On Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:34 pm
put session_start before html tag as herman recommendation workd for me
# 95760 Reply By Herman On Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:25 pm
put session_start before html tag
# 93631 Reply By Fathi On Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:00 pm
even u use the session_start() function in the first line at the header file exampe: header.php and then u call it in another file
php include(header.php) will still return the same warning so to remove the warning u have to to put that function in the first line and dont call the header.php by include function. hope this will help you guys
php include(header.php) will still return the same warning so to remove the warning u have to to put that function in the first line and dont call the header.php by include function. hope this will help you guys
# 87537 Reply By Filterhead On Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:01 pm
another solution just turn errors off...
error_reporting(0); do this if you're sure you know and understand php 100%.
error_reporting(0); do this if you're sure you know and understand php 100%.
# 82404 Reply By TheStalker On Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:53 am
spot on ;)
# 82159 Reply By help On Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:18 pm
fileformat has to be utf8-withyoutbom!!!!
# 79788 Reply By ivica On Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:21 am
this problem drive me crazy last 2 hours, until i foun your post. i had an "enter" between two php braces. thanks, man.
# 77847 Reply By Matt On Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:32 pm
thank you so much. this fixed my problem.
# 76538 Reply By jasperdj On Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:44 am
thanks for taking the effort to make this help tutorial.
i'll try to fix mine ;)
i'll try to fix mine ;)
# 75503 Reply By Darryl On Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:36 pm
thanks! that took care of my problem. i actually had 2 lines of comments as the first lines on the page. i deleted them and the message disappeared. thanks !!!