Read Session Id using Javascript

Question

Is it by any means possible to read the browser session id using javascript?

Answer 1

For PHP's PHPSESSID variable, this function works:

function getPHPSessId() {
    var phpSessionId = document.cookie.match(/PHPSESSID=[A-Za-z0-9]+\;/i);

    if(phpSessionId == null) 
        return '';

    if(typeof(phpSessionId) == 'undefined')
        return '';

    if(phpSessionId.length <= 0)
        return '';

    phpSessionId = phpSessionId[0];

    var end = phpSessionId.lastIndexOf(';');
    if(end == -1) end = phpSessionId.length;

    return phpSessionId.substring(10, end);
}