Re: Sample normalize

[Carl Cerecke]

Smith Norton wrote:
In the regex-normalize.xml the following code is present.
<regex>
  
<pattern>(\?|\&amp;|\&amp;amp;)PHPSESSID=[a-zA-Z0-9]{32}(\&amp;|\&amp;amp;)(.*)</pattern>
  <substitution>$1$3</substitution>
</regex>
</regex-normalize>

Could anyone please explain me with an example, what type of URL it is
normalizing to what?

I'm pretty sure the $1 means the first matched group in the regex, and 
$3 the third. So in this case:

http://domain.name/path/bar.php&PHPSESSID=lajhdgfjdfhgkjasdgdfghsdfl&some-other-stuff-here

would normalise to:

http://domain.name/path/bar.php&some-other-stuff-here

In other words, it is stripping out the session ID.

Cheers,
Carl.