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1. Heerefishyfish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi all,

   I'm trying to implement some age verification script for a beer-related site. However, when I add the script to create an array before anything else in the header, I get an error, saying the header has already been sent...

   Here is the code I'm using:
   

   <?php
   session_start();
   $unprotected_pages = array('/ageGate.php', '/terms.php', '/underage.php');
   if ((!in_array($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], $unprotected_pages)) && (empty($_SESSION['age_verified']))) {
       header("Location: http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}/ageGate.php");
       exit;
   }
   ?>

   Any thoughts on how I could make this work?

   Thanks!
   HFF

2. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_do_I_solve_the_Headers_already_sent_warning_problem.3F

3. Heerefishyfish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks- I'll check it out.

4. Heerefishyfish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Alright I looked into that link... I don't see any white space or any junk in my code...I wonder if it's another issue. This is the error message I've been receiving:
   Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/content/50/6213350/html/wp-content/themes/miller/splash-page.php:6) in /home/content/50/6213350/html/wp-content/themes/miller/header-splash.php on line 2

   So it seems like based on my code, it's not accepting the session_start(); for some odd reason. Here is my code again for reference:

   <?php
   session_start();
   $unprotected_pages = array('/ageGate.php', '/terms.php', '/underage.php');
   if ((!in_array($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], $unprotected_pages)) && (empty($_SESSION['age_verified']))) {
       header("Location: http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}/ageGate.php");
       exit;
   }
   ?>

5. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I don't know if there is anything wrong with the session code, but I do know that WordPress itself doesn't use sessions.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies

   The issue may also be your splash page, as these are not simple to set up with WordPress.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/User:PotterSys/Home_Page_as_a_Splash_Page

6. Heerefishyfish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks Iridiax. I actually did some more digging in google, and found a small fix for this problem. Basically I had to add the session_start() code to the first part of the wp-config.php file.

   So that sorts that out!

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