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9.3

PHP - Include file writes header data?

Asked by jfrent in PHP Scripting Language, PHP for Windows, PHP and Databases

Hi,

I'm trying to setup a 'Function' file that I can use in a number of pages.  The problem I'm running into is when I include the file in my PHP pages the Header Command (function?) does not work.  When I debug using the headers_sent function, it says that my function include is sending header information.  I've included my scripts (stripped down to the bare bones).

When I include the file Functions_test.php in my page, the Header function doesn't work.

If I comment out the include line and put the function in my page, the header redirect works fine.

I understand that the Header function has to be the first thing output on a page.  Does the include file somehow violate that rule?  Are you not able to use includes when you are going to redirect using the Header command?

Any help would be appreciated.
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Functions_test.php:
<?php
function jsspecialchars( $string = '') {
    $string = preg_replace("/\r*\n/","\\n",$string);
    $string = preg_replace("/\//","\\\/",$string);
    $string = preg_replace("/\"/","\\\"",$string);
    $string = preg_replace("/'/"," ",$string);
    return $string;
}
?> 
 
login_test.php:
<?php
//Include file - When uncommented Header redirect does not work - headers_sent reports 'Headers already sent'
include('Scripts/Functions_test.php');
 
//Function - When uncommented (and include line commented) - Header redirect works fine
//function jsspecialchars( $string = '') {
//    $string = preg_replace("/\r*\n/","\\n",$string);
//    $string = preg_replace("/\//","\\\/",$string);
//    $string = preg_replace("/\"/","\\\"",$string);
//    $string = preg_replace("/'/"," ",$string);
//    return $string;
//}
 
$user = $_POST["username"];
 
//If username is specified, checkpassword
if ($user) {
 
	if(headers_sent($file, $line)){
		// ... where were the mysterious headers sent from?
		echo "Headers were already sent in $file on line $line...";
	}
	
	header("Location: User_Home.php");
	exit();
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>User Login</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
 
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
  <table width="95" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  	<?php
		if ($error) { ?>
			<tr>
				<td align="center"><font color="#FF0000"><b><? print $error ?></b></font></td>
			</tr>
	<?php } ?>
    <tr>
      <td>User Name: </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><p>
        <input name="username" type="text" value="<?php print $user; ?>">
      </p>      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><p>Password: </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><p>
        <input name="password" type="password" value="<?php print $pass; ?>">
      </p>      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center">
	  	<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
	  </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center"><p><a href="Accounts/create_new.php">New Account</a></p>      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center"><p><a href="#">Forgot Username/Password?</a></p>      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </form>
</body>
</html>
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