Session.use_trans_sid Stays On?

[alexfung]

My first script using session:

 

<?php

session_start();

echo ini_get('session.use_trans_sid') . "<br>";

?>

<a href="page2.php">continue</a>

 

To my surprise, the ini_get returns 1, and the <a> target receives a PHPSESSID=...... query string.

 

Same after adding:

 

ini_set('session.use_only_cookies',"1");

 

So I check the phpinfo(). Even more mysterious to me:

 

http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/info.php

says it is off (and "only cookie" on),

but phpinfo() running on my server it says otherwise (sid on, only cookie off).

 

Why?

 

Since the trans_sid is a "PHP_INI_SYSTEM" setting, does it mean I have no way to disable it?

 

Why is the system set this way?

[MikeJ]

If you want to turn it off, just put the following line in your .htaccess file:

 

>php_value session.use_trans_sid Off

[alexfung]

Ah! it can be turned off after all. Thanks