sub cgiapp_init { # application object my $self = shift; # init session $self->init_session("sid"); } sub init_session { # application object my $self = shift; my $name = shift; # change name from CGISESSID to shorter sid CGI::Session->name($name); # init session object using CGI::Application::Plugin::Session my $session = $self->session; # send session to header $session->header(); }