Syntax Error: Cannot modify header info

  • Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/obie2x/public_html/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/bfa_get_options.php:207) in /home/obie2x/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 868

    the above line is a new error I am getting after I tried to plug in the following code into my BFA get_options.php section.

    if ( is_archive() AND !(is_tag() OR is_author() OR is_date() OR is_category())) {
    $cols = 3; /* center column + number of sidebars */
    $left_col = “on”;
    # $left_col2 = “on”;
    $right_col = “on”;
    #$right_col2 = “on”;
    }

    I got this code from a different forum’s suggestion so I could try and figure out why my sidebar would disappear when I tried to use some custom taxonomy. When I did that I got a syntax error message about the $end code being wrong, which completely locked out access to my blog. So, I deleted above code and thought I figured it out by adding a closing bracket (which I think I accidentally erased when I erased above code) Once I did this, the error went away and my website showed up again. Now, I get the above error when I try to access dashboard, and all my sidebars are gone on category pages and I can no longer access my dashboard.

    Is this enough info to get some help or do I need to provide more? Thank you in advance to the guru who will hopefully help me out.

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  • Thread Starter nicky2time

    (@nicky2time)

    Addition: Here is some of the code from the pluggable.php file

    Line 868: header(“Location: $location”, true, $status);

    */
    function wp_redirect($location, $status = 302) {
    global $is_IIS;

    $location = apply_filters(‘wp_redirect’, $location, $status);
    $status = apply_filters(‘wp_redirect_status’, $status, $location);

    if ( !$location ) // allows the wp_redirect filter to cancel a redirect
    return false;

    $location = wp_sanitize_redirect($location);

    if ( $is_IIS ) {
    header(“Refresh: 0;url=$location”);
    } else {
    if ( php_sapi_name() != ‘cgi-fcgi’ )
    status_header($status); // This causes problems on IIS and some FastCGI setups
    header(“Location: $location”, true, $status);
    }
    }
    endif;

    The error message is telling you to look at bfa_get_options.php line 207. More than likely, you have a blank line or extra spaces in the file that are getting sent to the browser before the header is started. Especially look at the end of the file for extra lines.

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