Session IDs in URL

[saxon75]

I'm having a problem with session IDs being intermittently inserted into the URLs on my site. I have tried to correct this with some ini_set calls, but it doesn't seem to help.

The first line in every one of my PHP files includes a header file. The first thing I do in my header file is set the include path. The very next thing I do is the following:

ini_set("session.use_cookies", true);
ini_set("session.use_only_cookies", true);
ini_set("session.use_trans_sid", false);

For some reason, though, I still sometimes have PHPSESSID inserted into my URLs. I think this only happens on the first page you view when visiting my site; navigating to a new page or refreshing seems to make it go away.

I am on shared hosting, so I don't have access to my php.ini file. Any other solutions?

[travelbuff]

Think the proper syntax would be:
ini_set("session.use_trans_sid", "0");

try adding this line in your .htaccess file:
php_flag session.use_trans_sid off

Could be that your host has "allow override" set to "none" in you httpd.conf or has some goofy php_admin_value settings for the 'sake of security'.

If neither of the above solutions work, contact your host.

[saxon75]

The .htaccess line seemed to do the trick. Thanks!

[nomad9]

try this at the top of your page

ini_set("arg_separator.output","&");