You can remove PHPSESSID from URL by changing session.use_trans_sid value in php.ini, .htaccess (Apache) or in PHP code.

In php.ini set the value of session.use_trans_sid to 0
session.use_trans_sid = 0

In .htaccess
php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

In PHP code set the use_trans_sid value to false like below

ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', false);

It is strongly recommended that you do not turn on the register_globals. But if you still want to turn on register_globals then follow these steps

Make a .php file containing only this code

< ?php phpinfo(); ?>

And upload this file to your new server and open in the browser. In the page output find the value for 'register_globals'. If it is off, then you can solve this problem in the following ways

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mod_rewrite provides an effective way to make short/friendly URLs and it also makes your site more attractive for search engine crawlers.

You can enable mod_rewrite for Apache 1.3 with the below steps easily.

First step
Remove '#' in front of
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Make sure 'mod_rewrite.so' is available under 'apache installation directory/modules'.

Second step
Remove '#' in front of
AddModule mod_rewrite.c
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