I've written a new module as a wrapper around Apache::Session which provides short term (ie session) tracking (which is something that Apache::SessionManager and Apache::SessionX provide), but this adds long term user tracking, and methods to aid login, logout etc.
It is meant to be subclassed, so that you can add your own database access methods to the module - full examples included! I would appreciate feedback, not least of all, what it should be called! Apache::SessionManager exists already, and I realise that calling this module Apache::Session::Manager will cause confusion, so please... README is below. The module is available from : http://cpan.perl.org/modules/by-authors/id/D/DR/DRTECH/Apache-Session-Manager-0.02.tar.gz thanks Clinton Apache/Session/Manager version 0.02 =================================== Apache::Session::Manager provides a wrapper around Apache::Session which adds the following : * Short term session tracking using cookies or URLs (query string / POST data rather than URL munging) * Long term user tracking with cookies and query string * User recognition through query string (eg from an emailed link) * Login, logout, create new account, remove cookies - all operating with your favourite database and schema! It needs to be subclassed by your own module, which provides the methods to interact with your database - ie you can integrate this module into you own database schema. Apache::Session::Manager is not a "drop in" module - it requires a bit of work on your part to make it work - but once that work is done, it makes a lot of user and session management easy. Any website that wants to have any sort of long term relationship with a user needs to be able to track a user through a session, allow the user to register, and issue them with a password challenge before allowing them to view restricted pages... which is exactly what this module does. All you need to provide is 6 subroutines which speak to your database to perform a few simple functions (looking up a username etc).
