try print B::show(), "\n";
END
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On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Mike McLagan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have two scripts, call them A and B. Here's what I'm doing (paraphrased
> heavily to save posting a huge pile of code):
>
> In data.html, I have:
>
> <!--#include virtual="A?action=show" -->
>
> In A, I have:
>
> $q = new CGI;
> show() if $q->param('action') eq 'show';
>
> sub show
> {
> Apache::Include->virtual("B?action=remove");
> }
>
> In B, I have:
>
> $q = new CGI;
> show() if $q->param('action') eq 'show';
> remove() if $q->param('action') eq 'remove';
>
> sub show
> {
> print "B::show()\n";
> }
>
> sub remove
> {
> print "B::remove()\n";
> }
>
> Inveriably, I end up with "B::show()" in my output, not at all what I wanted,
> expected or hoped for.
>
> What I see happening is that Apache::Registry is loading CGI.pm into the httpd
> child the first time it encounters a script that uses it. This runs a number
> of functions within CGI.pm which set up variables, etc. The call to new() in A
> then reads the query (GET or POST, doesn't matter) into @QUERY_PARAM.
>
> When B is invoked, within the same child, Apache::Registry DOES NOT reload
> CGI.pm and therefore does not initialize any of the variables, etc. This
> results in the new() call in B REUSING (!) the @QUERY_PARAM which was built up
> during the new() call in A! OOOPS!
>
> In order to make it work, I had to dig thru CGI.pm and found a function that's
> in there with comments about mod_perl around it, specifically:
>
> CGI::initialize_globals();
>
> If I add this call in before both of the new() invocations, I get the desired,
> expected results.
>
> I'm not sure who to pin this on, mod_perl, Apache::Registry or CGI but it would
> seem to me that this qualifies as a bug, somewhere.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
