Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

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momoweeb
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Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by momoweeb »

Hi guys,

I just finished the blog tutorials. Apparently everything is working, but when I submit a post on the blog_post.php page, I get this error (even tho the post will be appeared on the blog_list page ).

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/*****/public_html/blog/func/inc/posts.inc.php:1) in /home/*****/public_html/blog/blog_post.php on line 7.

blog_post.php

[syntax=php]<?php
ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
include 'func/config.php';
if (isset($_POST['user'], $_POST['title'], $_POST['body'])){
add_post($_POST['user'], $_POST['title'], $_POST['body']);
header('Location: blog_list.php');
die();
}
?>[/syntax]

posts.inc.php

[syntax=php]<?php
//checks if the given post id is in the table
function valid_pid($pid) {
$pid = (int)$pid;
$total = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(`post_id`) FROM `posts` WHERE `post_id` = {$pid}");
$total = mysql_result($total, 0);
if ($total != 1) {
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
}
//gets a summary of all blog posts
function get_posts() {
$sql = "SELECT
`posts`.`post_id` AS `id`,
`posts`.`post_title` AS `title`,
LEFT(`posts`.`post_body`, 512) AS `preview`,
`posts`.`post_user` AS `user`,
DATE_FORMAT(`posts`.`post_date`, '%m-%d-%Y %H:%i:%s') AS `date`,
`comments`.`total_comments`,
DATE_FORMAT(`comments`.`last_comment`, '%m-%d-%Y %H:%i:%s') AS `last_comment`
FROM `posts`
LEFT JOIN(
SELECT
`post_id`,
COUNT(`comment_id`) AS `total_comments`,
MAX(`comment_date`) AS `last_comment`
FROM `comments`
GROUP BY `post_id`
) AS `comments`
ON `posts`.`post_id` = `comments`.`post_id`
ORDER BY `posts`.`post_date` DESC";
$posts = mysql_query($sql);
$rows = array();
while (($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($posts)) !== false) {
$rows[] = array(
'id' => $row['id'],
'title' => $row['title'],
'preview' => $row['preview'],
'user' => $row['user'],
'date' => $row['date'],
'total_comments' => ($row['total_comments'] === null) ? 0 : $row['total_comments'],
'last_comment' => ($row['last_comment'] === null) ? 'No comment so far (be the first to comment on this post)' : $row['last_comment']
);
}
return $rows;
}
//gets a single post from the table
function get_post($pid) {
$pid = (int)$pid;
$sql = "SELECT
`post_title` AS `title`,
`post_body` AS `body`,
`post_user` AS `user`,
`post_date` AS `date`
FROM `posts`
WHERE `post_id` = {$pid}";
$post = mysql_query($sql);
$post = mysql_fetch_assoc($post);
$post['comments'] = get_comments($pid);
return $post;
}
//adds a new blog entry
function add_post($name, $title, $body) {
$name = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlentities($name));
$title = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlentities($title));
$body = mysql_real_escape_string(nl2br(htmlentities($body)));
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_user`, `post_title`, `post_body`, `post_date`) VALUES ('{$name}', '{$title}', '{$body}', NOW())");
}
?>[/syntax]


Appreciate your input :)
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Helx
Posts: 350
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by Helx »

Make sure that header() is above any output.
Eg, don't have HTML content (or text) before header().

EDIT: I have suspicions with the MySQL query on line 69 of posts.inc.php.
Change that line to:

[syntax=php]$sql_query_addpost = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_user`, `post_title`, `post_body`, `post_date`) VALUES ('{$name}', '{$title}', '{$body}', NOW())");

if(!$sql_query_addpost){ echo mysql_error(); die(); }[/syntax]
momoweeb
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Re: Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by momoweeb »

abcedea wrote:Make sure that header() is above any output.
Eg, don't have HTML content (or text) before header().

EDIT: I have suspicions with the MySQL query on line 69 of posts.inc.php.
Change that line to:

[syntax=php]$sql_query_addpost = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_user`, `post_title`, `post_body`, `post_date`) VALUES ('{$name}', '{$title}', '{$body}', NOW())");

if(!$sql_query_addpost){ echo mysql_error(); die(); }[/syntax]


Checked but still get the same error. I myself think there is a syntax error somewhere in the posts.inc.php file. Couldn't find it yet. Lemme know if you come across other suspicious stuff :) Thanks
ExtremeGaming
Posts: 205
Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:13 pm

Re: Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by ExtremeGaming »

Make sure there are no spaces before the <?php tag and after the ?> tag
<?php while(!$succeed = try()); ?>
momoweeb
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Re: Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by momoweeb »

ExtremeGaming wrote:Make sure there are no spaces before the <?php tag and after the ?> tag


Thanks. No there is no space before and after the tags.
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Temor
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Re: Problem re the blog tutorial - PHP warning

Post by Temor »

is this:[syntax=php]header('Location: blog_list.php');[/syntax]
redirecting to itself? Then maybe you don't need it?
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