On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 11:33:15 -0400
Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Enrico Sorcinelli wrote:
> > Apache::SessionManager creates an object session (in Header parsing phase,
> > but not obligatorily) and make it available to all other handlers
> > transparently by putting in pnotes. Others handlers can retrieve session
> > directly from pnotes or by calling the simple function
> > Apache::SessionManager::get_session($r)
>
> It would be better if you don't instantiate the session until someone
> asks for it the first time.
>That will prevent unnecessary work. Also,
> when using Apache::Session with any locking module except NullLocker,
> it's very important to have the session object exist for the shortest
> possible time because it is locking out all other access to that session
> while it exists. (For this reason, it's also very important to make
> sure that requests for images and other static objects don't instantiate
> Apache::Session objects.)
>
With Apache::SessionManager you can use tree distinct mechanism to prevent
this:
1) By activating the module only certain Location or Directory block:
<Location /with-session>
PerlHeaderParserHandler Apache::SessionManager
PerlSetVar SessionTracking On
</Location>
2) By setting 'SessionItemExclude' directive to bypass all request
matching the regexp. For example with:
PerlSetVar SessionItemExclude "\.m.*$"
all the request (URI) ending by ".mpeg", ".mpg" or ".mp3" will
be declined (no session object are created)
3) By de-activating the module in Location or Directory block:
<Location /with-no-session>
PerlSetVar SessionTracking Off
</Location>
> Some of the Apache::Auth* modules like Apache::AuthCookieURL are close,
> but I don't know of any that do the actual glue with Apache::Session.
> You might want to look at some of the existing modules and see if a
> merge of some kind is possible.
>
This modules haven't glue with Apache::Session
The only way that I know to have a session framework is to use mod_perl
application server like AxKit, HTML::Mason or Apache::ASP ...
I've written Apache::SessionManager to be used _also_ in a mod_perl handlers
or in a CGI script over Registry.
Thanks for your interest
- Enrico
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