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Enabling session.use_trans_sid INI setting is deprecated
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Description
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``session.use_trans_sid`` is marked for deprecation. When that directive will be removed, the feature will also be removed. Trans ID are session ID that are propagated via ``GET`` (in the URL) and ``POST`` (in the HTTP headers).

Example
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.. code-block:: php

   <?php
   
   if (!ini_get('session.use_trans_sid')) {
       die('it is recommended to not use trans id for sessions.');
   }
   
   ?>

Solutions
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+ Set ``session.use_trans_sid`` to off in php.ini.
+ Remove usage of  ini_get() with ``session.use_trans_sid`` in the code.
+ Remove usage of  ini_set() with ``session.use_trans_sid`` in the code.

Related Error Messages
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+ :ref:`disabling-session.use_only_cookies-ini-setting-is-deprecated`