RE: [PHP] php session on thttpd

> Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session > cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /index.php:7) in > /index.php on line 20 > > Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session > cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /index.php:7) in > /index.php on line 20 You cannot use header() or anything that relies on it like session_start() after you output any HTML. So, you need to either: 1. Do this stuff at the top of your script before any output (even whitespace). 2. Add <? ob_start() ?> to the very top of your script. This buffers the output until the very end for you. > Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect > which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session > extension does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless > register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this > warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to > off, respectively. in Unknown on line 0 > > In my php.ini file, I have > session.bug_compat_42=Off > session.bug_compat_warn=Off This is harder to explain, but you can use $_SESSION['blah'] to reference session variables and avoid the warning. If there is a session variable named blah that has been registered, the syntax $blah references a variable of the same name in globals. The warning is just letting you know that you have probably made a mistake, because when register_globals is off, these are not the same. I would recommend always using the $_SESSION[] syntax, as it is a good idea to leave register_globals off. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Become a better Web developer with the HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/