Re: PHP Header issue

Jim Lucas wrote: > Ernie Kemp wrote: >> >> >> <html> >> >> <head> >> >> <title>Contact Us</title> >> >> </head> >> >> <body> >> >> <?php header("Location: advertise2.php"); ?> >> >> </body> >> >> </html> >> >> The above is just snippet of the code but even this simple example throws >> the Header Warning / Error. >> >> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output >> started at /home/content/g/t/a /html/yourestate/advertise.php:6) >> in/home/content/g/t/a /html/yourestate/advertise.php on line 6 >> > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php > > From the manual page: > > Quote: > "Remember that header() must be called before any actual output is sent, either > by normal HTML tags, blank lines in a file, or from PHP. It is a very common > error to read code with include(), or require(), functions, or another file > access function, and have spaces or empty lines that are output before header() > is called. The same problem exists when using a single PHP/HTML file." > >> The anwser may be simple but I have looked a blanks or spaces around the >> <?php ?> with no success. >> >> Ready need your help. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ernie Kemp >> >> Phone: 416 577 5565 >> >> Email: ekemp@digitalbiz4u.com >> >> ...man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick >> himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on. >> > > Isn't that the truth! > >> Winston S. Churchill > > > Just to point out to everybody, you can actually do this. And most of you probably already know how. You can use output buffering. :) if you use ob_start() anywhere in your code before this statement, or you have output_buffering option enabled in the php configuration. Now, with that said, using output buffering to "fix" this "problem" is the wrong solution. But it does work. Jim