Re: setcookie

Even you cant put a space before <?php tag. the following code will throw the same error. | <?php | setcookie(); | ?> Because I prepend a space for each line But this will be okay |<?php | setcookie(); | ?> This is a very common mistake and very very hard to find. On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr@yahoo.com> wrote: > > <body> > > > > <?php setcookie('test', 45, time()+(60*60*24*7)); ?> > > from the doc: > "Cookies are part of the HTTP header, so setcookie() must be called > before any output is sent to the browser. This is the same limitation > that header() has." > http://ca.php.net/cookies > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tim Daff <timdaff@gmail.com> > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:48:59 AM > Subject: [PHP] setcookie > > Hi, > > I am learning PHP, I am trying to set a simple cookie: > > <html> > <head> > <title>Cookies</title> > </head> > <body> > > <?php setcookie('test', 45, time()+(60*60*24*7)); ?> > > </body> > </html> > > Firefox is returning this error: > > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by > (output started at /Users/Daff/Sites/php_sandbox/cookies.php:7) in / > Users/Daff/Sites/php_sandbox/cookies.php on line 7 > > I have googled this and can't find out what I am doing wrong. Any > help you could give me would be much appreciated. > > Tim > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >