#21569 [Bgs]: PHP can't set cookies (setcookie) after invoking an unset variable

ID: 21569 User updated by: ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com Reported By: ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: Since PHP returns a notice when an unset variable is invoked, E_NOTICE should be disabled from error_reporting to make scripts work in given conditions: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE Note that since PHP v4.2.2 (?) error_reporting = E_ALL is the default Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-14 03:49:32] ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com I've restored the old php.ini from the previous PHP 4.2.1 installation and the script works fine. Not a PHP bug, after all, but a configuration issue. However, since the problem arose I think it deserved to be discussed and solved, even as a "bogus" bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-14 03:31:15] ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com error log: [Tue Jan 14 10:25:13 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: test in C:\Data\htdocs\cbtest\index.php on line 4 [Tue Jan 14 10:25:13 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in C:\Data\htdocs\cbtest\index.php on line 4 [Tue Jan 14 10:25:13 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in C:\Data\htdocs\cbtest\index.php on line 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-14 03:29:43] ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com I'm very sorry. I've checked the Windows 98 configuration and it turned out to have PHP 4.2.1 installed. When I've upgraded to PHP 4.3.0 the problem occurred. May be it started from v4.2.2 More info to come. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-14 02:53:40] ElfQrin@ElfQrin.com msopacua@php.net: I'm not the only one who experienced this problem. Actually I've started to investigate when two different persons told me they couldn't keep users logged in that web engine. It has been reproduced on Windows 2000 with Apache 1.3.27, 2.0.35, 2.0.43 and PHP 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0 However I'll provide more detailed information about ini files and possible error logs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-13 19:42:29] msopacua@php.net Can't reproduce it. Are you sure the php.ini that is actually read (see phpinfo()) is EXACTLY the same? Look into error_reporting and display_errors specifically. If so, what are these settings? Is there anything related in the apache/php error log? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/21569 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21569&edit=1