Need to remove phpbb 2.06 session cookie

[world4health]

Hi guys i've just added another forum phpBB 2.0.6 to my site and would love to remove the session cookies that it can be crawled, what files should I access and what commands should I use to do this?

[John Scott]

[code:1:f06ae1624f]#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
includes/sessions.php

#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
global $SID;

if ( !empty($SID) && !eregi('sid=', $url) )

#-----[ REPLACE WITH ]------------------------------------------
global $SID, $HTTP_SERVER_VARS;

if ( !empty($SID) && !eregi('sid=', $url) && !strstr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ,'Googlebot') && !strstr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ,'slurp@inktomi.com;'))[/code:1:f06ae1624f]

[world4health]

Wonderful .

[SVB]

What does that code do, JS? Is it the one that makes the forum much more crawable?

[I, Brian]

Sessions IDs stop crawlers dead. The code takes out session IDs when the user-agent is Google or Inktomi, to allow them to continue crawling.

[SVB]

Cool. Whats the mod to make all the forum pages html?

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by unrealfragmaster

Cool. Whats the mod to make all the forum pages html?

That's top secret. I'll tell you for $1M.

[edbarton]

I'll tell you for $999999

[Immo]

Its called mod_rewrite

Ill tell you for free because I am a spoil sport

[disgust]

is there a php bb hacking community like there is for vbulletin?

[thebassman]

www.phpbbhacks.com

[disgust]

ah, thanks

[thebassman]

They're very quick and helpful, too... even for general phpbb questions...

[christper2000]

thanks also

[James Trotta]

So it should look like this:

[code:1:03c22876f5]function append_sid($url, $non_html_amp = false)
{
global $SID, $HTTP_SERVER_VARS;

if ( !empty($SID) && !eregi('sid=', $url) && !strstr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ,'Googlebot') && !strstr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ,'slurp@inktomi.com;'))
{
$url .= ( ( strpos($url, '?') != false ) ? ( ( $non_html_amp ) ? '&' : '&' ) : '?' ) . $SID;
}

return $url;[/code:1:03c22876f5]

right?

[UKZJ007]

Originally Posted by disgust

is there a php bb hacking community like there is for vbulletin?

NO guys, you didn't understand what he meant!

Answer: Yes, I'm currently working on a hacking community to hack phpbb forums .. if your interested let me know

(Jus kdn )

[disgust]

http://www.phpbbhacks.com/

[James Trotta]

So I've removed the session IDs for Google and Slurp. How about other bots. I've been getting some traffice from MSN and Ask Jeeves, for example...

[Pinyo]

I would look for phpbotsmod. Really cool mod for this purpose. Do a google search or search on www.phpbb.com. If you need help, let me know.

[RingingPHoneML]

Do these mods only apply to forums? What about an ecommerce site that has log ins an a shopping cart? Would it be the same or something different?