Title: PHP Error – Headers alreday sent
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# PHP Error – Headers alreday sent

 *  Resolved [mikeotgaar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeotgaar/)
 * (@mikeotgaar)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/)
 * Latest version (2.0) produce error notice in Dashboard
 * 1st message:
    Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter – headers
   already sent (output started at ****/wp-content/plugins/easy-modal/includes/admin/
   sidebar.php:2) in ****/wp-content/plugins/easy-modal/classes/admin/notice.php
   on line 6
 * 2nd message:
    “Headers already sent in ****/wp-content/plugins/easy-modal/includes/
   admin/sidebar.php on line 2. This is not a good sign, it may just be a poorly
   written plugin but Headers should not have been sent at this point. Check the
   code in the above mentioned file to fix this problem.”
 * Also Note: The plugin does not uninstall cleanly – leaves this reference in the
   database – probably as a transient. I haven’t yet checked, but will have to edit
   the DB to clean this up.
 * First time Easy Modal has given a problem on any of our sites
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-modal/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-modal/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5167970)
 * Thanks for the report, this has been patched and an update to v2.0.1 is available.
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5167978)
 * There was an extra whitespace before the opening <?php tag in the sidebar, should
   have had no effect on your DB or options etc.
 * Im not sure what you mean about leaving reference in the DB. most of the settings
   are stored in the DB and wont be removed upon uninstall. As they should not be.
   If you had to uninstall one version to manually install another you wouldn’t 
   want to have to reconfigure everything.
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5167984)
 * After further digging we are at a loss as to how the whitespace got there as 
   we have been using this exact same version on our own site for nearly a week 
   with no issues, no error or downtime, it wasnt till i uploaded it to wp.org svn
   that that space appeared. Its not even in our private git copy.
 * I do appologize and we are working very quickly to resolve all upgrade issues.
   Please let us know what you think about the upgrades to the theme editor.
 *  Thread Starter [mikeotgaar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeotgaar/)
 * (@mikeotgaar)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5168042)
 * Issue resolved now. Excellent response to bug reports too!
    FYI: The error message
   in dashboard (was inserting in the JetPack stats graph field) persisted after
   updating to 2.0.5. I dropped the database tables (copied created modal data first)
   before installing 2.0.7 I guess it was just a transient anyway…
 * On retaining settings and data (clean un-install)
    I was meaning that the plugin
   should clean out it’s settings when being **deleted** (per recommended practices),
   not de-activated only. Perhaps in time you could add a checkbox at the un-install
   confirmation step to delete the settings and data like several other plugin do.(
   Lot of extra work I know, but a good idea for the less tech savvy who may have
   difficulty editing the database directly through PHPMyadmin) Easy Modal still
   has **5 star rating** from me.
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5168046)
 * Hey mike, the functionality to clean up is there, but no option exists yet, we
   are gonna add migration tools to settings page to assist in corrupted migrations
   like some people experience, will also include uninstall button.
 * As far as when plugin is deleted that goes back to what i said before, in order
   to manually install an update via the dashboard you have to disable and delete
   the existing plugin, then reinstall the new version.
 * So if we hooked the delete and deleted all your settings when you updated, you
   wouldnt be happy so that wont change, but adding a button isnt a huge undertaking.
 * Thanks for the feedback and be sure to rate and review the plugin after you try
   out the new theme editor and positioning.
 *  Thread Starter [mikeotgaar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeotgaar/)
 * (@mikeotgaar)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5168048)
 * Thanks danieliser
 * Yeah – I prefer choices to do things so fully agree with what you say. It’s not
   a problem for me to edit the database, but there are a lot of WordPress users
   who can’t – one reason I get paid by clients to manage their WP installations
   🙂 – so it’s always good to make things easy for them…
 * I didn’t mention before – the site with the error was a 3.8.3 multi-site install(
   my own, and I don’t like 3.9.* at all, so will keep it until there’s more options
   to remove things like the new editor).
 * Now I’m sure EM is working I can start updating the customers…
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5168071)
 * Glad to hear.

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-headers-alreday-sent/#post-5168071)
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