On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:17:01 -0400 "Akins, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/27/08 3:58 AM, "Torsten Foertsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > So I was going to reimplement it based on mod_wombat some > > time this year. > > > The nice thing about lua, in addition to being lightweight, is that > most of the url mapping/rewriting can be simple lua statements. > > <Lua fixups> > if string.match(r.uri, '/something') then > r.filename = '/www/that/path' > end > </Lua> Fine for users who want to hack their own server. Like <Perl>. But r.filename is the kind of innards we really don't want to expose to the typical mod_rewrite user! > And if the more "complicated" modules had a little lua "glue": > > if string.match(r.uri, '/something') then > mod_cache:cacheable( r ) > end A fine recipe for users shooting themselves in the foot, PHP-style. How would you propose to make that work without hackage to existing modules? > If one were so inclined, the entire configuration could be lua. Just > define and register these functions that need to run per request. That'll go alongside DrBacchus's "You can do everything with mod_rewrite" :-) -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/
