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If you’ve worked with PHP sessions, probably your URL looked something like this:

http://www.yourdomain.com/page.php?PHPSESSID=59aa95ad46cd67d82ba0f812407326dd

If you don’t like the PHPSSID being displayed in the query string, you might have wondered how to disable it.

Well, a way to disable it is by setting session.use_trans_sid to off in your php.ini. However, if you don’t have access to the php.ini file because you’re hosting your site on a shared server, then, you can accomplish this by using a .htaccess file*.

The following example worked for me:

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
     php_flag session.use_trans_sid off
</IfModule>

That’s it! I hope this helps.
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*Make sure your hosting provider allows .htaccess files.