Title: pluggable.php error?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# pluggable.php error?

 *  [SaladGoat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saladgoat/)
 * (@saladgoat)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pluggablephp-error-5/)
 * I just added a block of code (found [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-change-password-protected-text?replies=25))
   to functions.php, crossed my fingers and clicked Update. Nothing broke. The changes
   worked perfectly.
 * Then I changed a portion of the code that outputs text to the page. No code was
   changed, only text. I clicked the Update button again and got this error message:
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /hermes/waloraweb035/b2427/pow.ccrbernie/htdocs/ccr/wp-content/themes/live-
   music/functions.php:16) in /hermes/waloraweb035/b2427/pow.ccrbernie/htdocs/ccr/
   wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 881
 * But the site still works, and the text changes I made were saved. I clicked the
   Back button and then clicked on the functions.php link in the right sidebar, 
   to reload the file. Then made further text changes and clicked Update and still
   get this error message. But the new text changes were saved and the site still
   works.
 * Any idea what is happening and, more importantly, how can I fix it?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pluggablephp-error-5/#post-2962882)
 * If you have a caching plugin, that may be why…review line 16 of your functions.
   php file (cut the line and retype it manually and correctly)…this error is common
   when white space or a BOM has been pasted into the file.
 *  Thread Starter [SaladGoat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saladgoat/)
 * (@saladgoat)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pluggablephp-error-5/#post-2962885)
 * I wasn’t entirely sure what you said (BOM?) but I checked the functions.php and
   I had added the whole code after the whole code of the original functions … meaning
   I had:
 * <?php
    {original functions} ?>
 * <?php
    {new code} ?>
 * I don’t know enough about php to know if that was totally wrong, but when I deleted
   the middle bit and had all the code in one section, such as:
 * <?php
    {original functions}
 * {new code}
    ?>
 * …everything worked again.
 * So, if that’s what you meant, thank you!
    If it’s not what you meant, thanks 
   for putting me on the right direction. 🙂
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pluggablephp-error-5/#post-2962890)
 * Glad you worked it out

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