[Resolved] problems with sessions

[sys4dm1n]

<?php
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid','0');
ob_start();
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private"); //Internet Explorer 6.x Security Fix
$_SESSION['sid'] = session_id(); //session_id () defined 
?>
<tr>
                        <td width="233" style="height:60px; width:168px;" valign="top"><div style="height:34px;background-color:#C1DDA0;"> </div></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="579"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="579">
                            <tbody>
                              <tr>
                                <td height="33">
<div class="navblock"><a href="index.php?id=home&amp;sid=<? echo $_SESSION['sid'] ?>">home</a></div></td>
<td height="33"><div class="navblock"><a href="index.php?id=about&amp;sid=<? echo $_SESSION['sid'] ?>">about</a></div></td>
<td height="33"><div class="navblock"><a href="index.php?id=portfolio&amp;sid=<? echo $_SESSION['sid'] ?>">portfolio</a></div></td>
<td height="33"><div class="navblock"><a href="index.php?id=products&amp;sid=<? echo $_SESSION['sid'] ?>">products</a></div></td>
<td height="33"><div class="navblock"><a href="index.php?id=contact&amp;sid=<? echo $_SESSION['sid'] ?>">contact</a></div></td>
                              </tr>
                            </tbody>
                          </table></td>
                      </tr>
                    </tbody>
                  </table>

index.php?id=contact&sid=61928622fa59c9a5c2d9db12bc92d9b7&PHPSESSID=61928622fa59c9a5c2d9db12bc92d9b7

that's what my links look like when i go to my page, but after i hit a link..it doesnt have the PHPSESSION on it. How do i get rid of the PHPSESSION all the way so all i have is just the sid=

[drew010]

A visitor accessing your web site is assigned an unique id, the so-called session id. This is either stored in a cookie on the user side or is propagated in the URL.

if you are not using completely cookie based sessions php will always use the session id in the url when the session is first created. if trans_sid is on it doesnt show up anymore in the urls. you can always turn use_trans_sid on and then you wont have to pass the sid yourself, otherwise you will always have it in the url on the first time.

[sys4dm1n]

awesome, it works- thanks alot, drew 🙂

[sys4dm1n]

i also found that:

ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', false);
ini_set("url_rewriter.tags","");
ini_set("arg_separator.input",'amp;');
ini_set("arg_separator.output",'amp;');

works aswell.