Newbie can't set a cookie
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:08 am
Hello, Recentlt I have been working on a PHP login script for my website. I want to set a cookie for the username of the person who logs in but every time i try it i get a PHP error in my browser. The error goes like:
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.sites/27/site244/web/scripts/login.php:3) in /home/.sites/27/site244/web/scripts/login.php on line 5
The PHP code at the top of the document simply gos like:
<?php
$username = $_POST["username"];
setcookie ("username", $username, time()+36000);
?>
Then its the html tags and some more php throughout the rest of the script. What am i doing wrong here. Has anyone ever had a similar problem and they have a little time to help me. Thanks!
Regards
Joe
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.sites/27/site244/web/scripts/login.php:3) in /home/.sites/27/site244/web/scripts/login.php on line 5
The PHP code at the top of the document simply gos like:
<?php
$username = $_POST["username"];
setcookie ("username", $username, time()+36000);
?>
Then its the html tags and some more php throughout the rest of the script. What am i doing wrong here. Has anyone ever had a similar problem and they have a little time to help me. Thanks!
Regards
Joe