Cees Hek wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:27, John Stauffacher wrote: > > All, > > > > I am a bit confused as to what httpd.conf directives need to be used in > > order to get apache to execute a PerlHandler when it encounters a > > certain file type. What I want to do: > > Execute a handler whenever a *.qw file is accessed. The same > > handler whether or not the file exists and not look for the file. So the > > user makes the request: get /somewhere/my.qw and gets the response > > "moo". Then they request /other/place/boo.qw and gets the response > > "moo". I have tried using a <Files> directive, but it envokes the > > handler, then looks for the file and throws a 404. Any ideas? > > The <Files> directive is the right way to go. Are you sure you are > returning OK in your Handler? If you return something else (like > DECLINED) then Apache will take over the request and handle it in the > default manner (ie look up the file). Returning OK lets Apache know > that the request was dealt with appropriately and it can move on to the > next phase. >
another alternative is something like Apache::MIMEMapper... http://www.modperlcookbook.org/download/Apache-MIMEMapper-0.10.tar.gz which expands the AddHandler directive to make it a bit more mod_perl friendly. so, instead of using <Files> (which is perfectly legitimate) you can instead simply use AddHandler My::Module .qw and Apache will use My::Module::handler() for the content-generation phase. all the stuff Cees said it true, though - you still need to make sure your handler returns OK and follow the other handler rules. HTH --Geoff
