Title: Function session_start warning
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Function session_start warning

 *  [siprof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siprof/)
 * (@siprof)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-session_start-warning/)
 * I found this on error_log
    Am I under attack, bug, or server problem?
 *     ```
       [22-Jan-2013 06:57:41] PHP Warning:  session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: The session id is too long or contains illegal characters, valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and '-,' in /home/wpname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-authentication.php on line 15
   
       [22-Jan-2013 06:57:41] PHP Warning:  session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/wpname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-authentication.php:15) in /home/wpname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-authentication.php on line 15
   
       [22-Jan-2013 06:57:41] PHP Warning:  session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/wpname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-authentication.php:15) in /home/wpname/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-authentication.php on line 15
       ```
   
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wsecure/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wsecure/)

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 * Last reply from: [siprof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siprof/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-session_start-warning/)
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