Hi,

I have PHP installed as a CGI module on my server. I want to stop PHPSESSID
from appearing in the URL when a users cookies are turned for just one
account. My hosting company says that this is impossible - they would have
to change php.ini and that would affect every account on the server. Also if
PHP is changed to an Apache module then they won't support it. Is there no
other way around this? Removing PHPSESSID is very important for SEO
purposes...

Thanks for your advice.

On Thu, May 31, 2007 5:55 am, Shaun wrote:
> I have PHP installed as a CGI module on my server. I want to stop
> PHPSESSID
> from appearing in the URL when a users cookies are turned for just one
> account. My hosting company says that this is impossible - they would
> have
> to change php.ini and that would affect every account on the server.
> Also if
> PHP is changed to an Apache module then they won't support it. Is
> there no
> other way around this?

Perhaps you can turn it off in .htaccess

Does CGI utilize .htaccess???

Perhaps you could get them to use suExec and run your CGI with a
different user and environment (i.e., different php.ini) if they don't
want to use Module.

> Removing PHPSESSID is very important for SEO
> purposes...

Really?

I'd expect that the search engine authors are smart enough to not be
messed up by something as common as PHPSESSID in a URL.

Can you provide any objective independent study reference to support
such a claim?

Much SEO information out there is utter crap...

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