RE: [PHP] Include vs. Header

On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, Richard Kirk wrote: > I have a sort of related question about include/require. > Rather than hard code the standard HTML header I want to outptut it using a > function in an include file. > e.g. > > <?php > function outputHTMLHeader ( $pTitle="Title Of HTML Page" ) > { > print("<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN\"> > <html> > <head> > <title>$pTitle</title> > </head> > <body>" ); > } > ?> > > This is fine and works on the GET of my page. After my page is posted I do a > header() redirect but I get an error saying > > "Cannot add header information - headers already sent ..." > > This implies that because the function is included previously in the script, > that it is also executed, but no call to this function is made before the > header() redirect. > If I move the include after the header() then it works fine. I don't however > understand why it should behave differently, as including a file with > functions in it surely doesn't execute those functions without an explicit > call, does it? > > > PHP Version 4.0.2 > Win98(2) Try removing the blank line from your included file. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA