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Simplicity and Practicality, Not Fluff, in Web Design, PHP Development, & Content Management System Development (CMS).
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PHP Error - "Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent" - A Solution
PHP Error - Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent - Finally, a solution!
This error seems to be a very common one and the only solution usually offered across the Internet is this:
- Make sure to check for and remove any spaces or carriage returns directly before or after your opening and closing php tags.
This problem persisted for me one time and after trying the above recommended solution with no success, I was still scratching my head as to what else may be the problem.
Then, I started thinking about how different code editors can add extra code and spaces into your file without your knowledge so I thought I would investigate that some more. I already was using a pure-text editor, so I knew that it wasn't injecting garbage code into my existing code like a WYSIWYG editor may do. So, I started poking around my settings and preferences and found something that I had overlooked many times before in my search... The files could be saved in different encoding formats, such as UTF-8. Depending on the server configuration where the files live, this setting can have a huge impact when it comes to sensitive functions such as creating a session or setting a session variable.
On a whim, I decided to change the default setting of UTF-8 to ANSI and Lo and Behold, it miraculously started working again.
So, I offer this solution to those who have tried everything else to correct the headers slready sent error:
- Change the encoding type/format to ANSI (or UTF-8, UNICODE, etc.), then save the file to the server again and reload the page once more. This worked for me when nothing else would.
I hope this has been helpful for some if you out there. If you ever need someone to do some PHP coding for you or someone you know, I would appreciate the referral.
Take care,
Alan
Excited about new Drupal CMS Book
Good evening everyone! I am all smiles tonight because my new book was delivered today from Amazon.com. This is the new book on creating Content Management Systems using Drupal, which is my preferred CMS System to use for site design and creation.
The full title of the book is "Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress." It's an amazingly well written book that not only addresses the advanced to intermediate designers, but it also does well at communicating to the beginners, too.
What I found most exciting and interesting about the Drupal section of this book is that it will walk you through, step-by-step mind you, and recommends to you what extra modules you should install and how they can be used and how they will benefit you. This is KEY, because when you try to follow the "Online Drupal Handbook", which is just a collection of some very generic instruction pages, geared toward the advanced programmer, that really will leave your head spinning, for those of us who didn't major in Computer Science in college. Also, after trying to follow this Online Drupal Handbook, which is really more of a reference guide, you are left saying "Okay, what do I do now?? I have it running...amazingly. So what can I do with it?"
