I found the issue. I deleted the whole project from the dev server and redeployed it from the test one. Everything was OK except the debugging info at the bottom. Replacing the core.php with the deployment one got the bug popped up again. So there was a small 'd' before the PHP tag in core.php in the config folder.
This should have happen during deployment as a bug in uploading files if a server has crashed meanwhile. Sorry for keeping you busy with that issue, but I did check out my controllers and views - never thought of checking the configs as well :) Thanks again for the brainstorming - config/core.php replaced && case closed. On Apr 20, 11:11 pm, MST <marshallsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had this same problem a couple of months ago. I ended up using a > hex editor to delete a few characters off the beginning of the file, > which fixed it. I still have no clue what may have caused it to > appear in the first place. If you try it, don't forget to make a > backup copy of your file :) > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others with > their CakePHP related questions. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en