PHP Header problem even i use ob_start() and ob_end_flush()

Question

i m getting header problem while i m using ob_start(); in the start of a page and ob_end_flush(); end of the page. because i m using header function after some query execution

my code is here

 <?php ob_start();?>
    <?php include_once("header.php"); ?>
    <?php global $db;

       $countstmt="SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tbl_lib_hours dh WHERE book_id IN(
      SELECT book_id FROM tbl_book WHERE user_id=".$_SESSION['uid'].") "; 

          $delHourExist=$db->query($countstmt);  /* i m using ez mysql class*/ output is 1

       if($delHourExist)
      {
       header("location:edit_delivery_hours.php");
      }
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  some php codes
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<?php include_once('footer.php');
<?php ob_end_flush();?>

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here one thing i tell u in header.php there i also add ob_start(); and in footer.php i added ob_end_flush(); , but i think that is not problem, although other pages are running with same script i write above

please tell me what to do?

EDIT: i m getting

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in D:\xampp\htdocs\project\add_book_hours.php on line 9

Answer 1

Is there any space before the first <?php?

Is there an UTF8-BOM at the beginning of the file?

Answer 2

I think the problem may be that you are trying to change the headers, after you have already sent something else to the output. Even when using buffering, I don't think this is possible. I think you need to call ob_end_clean() to discard the current buffer and write header information.

Answer 3

There's a lot of invisible output in your code:

<?php ob_start();?> --- THERE IS A LINE RETURN HERE ---
--- SPACES OR TABS ---<?php include_once("header.php"); ?> --- LINE RETURN ---
--- AND HERE ---<?php global $db;
     ...

Quit starting and ending your php tags. Just do this:

<?php 
    ob_start();
    include_once("header.php");
    global $db;
    ...

Make absolutely sure that there is no output, and no whitespace outside of your tags before the call to ob_start(). If your error is on line 9, you've got a bunch of lines before that call that could be the problem. You may want to post all of those lines, numbered, so we can look at them carefully.

Answer 4

I'm a bit baffled the warning message doesn't include the location of the code that caused the first content to be sent to the client. The function headers_sent() can return that location, too. So, for debugging purposes, please try

if($delHourExist)
{
  if ( headers_sent($path, $lineno) ) {
    echo '<pre>Debug: output started at ', $path, ':', $lineno, "</pre>\n";
  }
  header("location: edit_delivery_hours.php");
}