note 108901 added to function.session-start

If you are receiving errors like: ERROR Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: "Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at... " ...or... "Warning: session_start(); [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent". ...ensure that session_start(); is literally at the very top of your script, even before any DOCTYPE declaration, eg: <?php session_start(); ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head>... ...and, if using an included header file, ensure that the above approach is used in the header file, with the header file request right at the top of the script that it is being called from, eg: <?php include '/var/header_file.php'; ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 78.129.220.46 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108901 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108901 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108901 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php