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Header problems

9/17/2007 3:32:11 PM
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mel57 author

I keep getting these errors when I load my page at the login screen. Any quick ideas what the problem could be?
Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and '-,' in /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php on line 4
Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php:4) in /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php on line 4
Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php:4) in /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php on line 4
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php:4) in /home/melvinp/public_html/surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php'>surfsearcher.com/xlist/include/dbcommon.php on line 17
Thanks,
-Mel

Sergey Kornilov admin 9/18/2007

Mel,
this seems to be a problem with the way how PHP sessions are configured. Line 4 in dbcommon.php file is completely legit:

session_start();


You can ask your web hosting company why session_start(); fails.
You can also upload your files to Demo Account to see how it works there.