Gaps at top of code

[eluser]Mobious[/eluser]
I tried using the following without success:

Code:

class test extends Controller
{
    function test()
    {
        parent::Controller();

        echo 'test';
        die();
    }

    function index()
    {
        ............
    }
}

This still produced a blank line above the echo which ha made me think its something in the underlying CI code. No amends have been made to the CI code that would make this happen, the only code to be modified in the pagination code, but this was occurring before the mod was done. I have checked the routes and config files and nothing wrong in those.