Use a mod_perl transhandler for this, it's the phase of the
apache process that's responsible for matching the URI/request to a
file that'll be executed in the response phase.
http://perl.apache.org/guide/snippets.html#PerlTransHandler_example
-sc
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:42:14PM -0800, Paul Evad wrote:
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> Subject: [OT?] %ENV question, mod_rewrite vs. mod_perl?
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> I'm new to mod_perl, so please bear with me a bit. I'm digging
> through as much information as I can find and have a few questions.
>
> I've used mod_rewrite for a lot of URI re-mapping solutions, but this
> particular job I'm doing is a bit of a challenge.
>
> I have an existing perl script (non mod_perl) which checks against a
> number of ENV variables to determine which 'file' the browser should
> see.
>
> Trouble is, that script reads the file and spits it out to the
> browser, which makes it useless for anything with SSI or PHP based
> solutions.
>
> My logic had me thinking that I could use mod_rewrite to query the
> script, and rewrite the URI slightly according to what that script
> spit back. Then apache could fill the request and SSI and PHP stuff
> would remain intact (and be parsed).
>
> So I wind up with
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteLogLevel 9
> RewriteLog /home/httpd/logs/rewrite.log
> RewriteMap foo prg:/home/httpd/cgi-bin/foo.cgi
> RewriteRule ^/(.+\.(html|htm|php|php3))$ /${foo:$1} [L]
>
> which basically says, pass the URI to foo and give back a rewritten
> URI, then go fetch it.
>
> trouble is, due to the way the Map works, the foo.cgi is launched
> then 'stays' launched, and from what I can tell has no access to the
> %ENV variables that it would normally have available if it was run as
> a normal cgi script.
>
> So, this lead me to mod_perl. Is mod_perl a solution in this case?
>
> If so, would it be a total replacement for the RewriteEngine in this example?
>
> Is there a mod_perl script/module that already does URI rewriting
> that I can use for reference?
>
> Or,
>
> Does anyone know how I could possibly make the %ENV available to
> foo.cgi in a case like the above?
>
> Thanks for any and all pointers.... if answering with ROTFM, please
> point me to a URL or chapter ;-)
>
> - Paul
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