has anyone here been able to do multiple directives (such as
three or more "PerlSetVar") via <perl> sections, from inside the
%VirtualHost{$NameVirtualHost} hash? we haven't been able to
figure it out:
here are the four ways we figured might work; but each of them
generates a "PerlSetVar requires two args only" error... pooh.
1. string pairs (doesn't work):
%VirtualHost = ( $NameVirtualHost => [
#snip
PerlSetVar => [
MasonCompRoot => "/var/www/$site",
MasonDataDir => "/var/cache/mason/$site",
MasonAutoHandlerName => "$autohandlername",
MasonDHandlerName => "$dhandlername",
MasonDeclineDirs => "0",
],
#snip
] );
altho this is what the documentation means (see
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache/PerlSections.html)
when it says "shifted off the @list":
If an Apache directive can take two or three arguments you
may push strings (the lowest number of arguments will be
SHIFTED OFF THE @LIST) or use an array reference to handle
any number greater than the minimum for that directive:
it doesn't work if you can have multiple occurrences on a
directive that takes a consistent number of (in this case,
two) args.
2. string expressions (doesn't work):
PerlSetVar => [
"MasonCompRoot /var/www/$site",
"MasonDataDir /var/cache/mason/$site",
"MasonAutoHandlerName $autohandlername",
"MasonDHandlerName $dhandlername",
"MasonDeclineDirs 0",
],
3. sub-arrays (doesn't work):
PerlSetVar => [
["MasonCompRoot", "/var/www/$site",],
["MasonDataDir", "/var/cache/mason/$site",],
["MasonAutoHandlerName", "$autohandlername",],
["MasonDHandlerName", "$dhandlername",],
["MasonDeclineDirs", "0",],
],
altho this is what the documentation (ibid) implies when it says
to "use an array reference":
If an Apache directive can take two or three arguments you
may push strings (the lowest number of arguments will be
shifted off the @list) or USE AN ARRAY REFERENCE to handle
any number greater than the minimum for that directive:
apparently not applicable for "two-only" directives. major
bummer.
4. sub-expressions (doesn't work):
PerlSetVar => [
[ "MasonCompRoot /var/www/$site", ],
[ "MasonDataDir /var/cache/mason/$site", ],
[ "MasonAutoHandlerName $autohandlername", ],
[ "MasonDHandlerName $dhandlername", ],
[ "MasonDeclineDirs 0", ],
],
they all generate the "only two args, please" error.
NOTE that it does accept two args, if that's all you give it:
...
PerlSetVar => [
SomeVarName => 'someValueHere'
],
...
just as it should. but we need several "perlsetvar"!
here's the httpd.conf set we're trying to replicate, which is
certainly legitimate config syntax:
<VirtualHost *:80>
#snip
PerlSetVar MasonCompRoot /var/www/mysite
PerlSetVar MasonDataDir /var/cache/mason/mysite
PerlSetVar MasonAutoHandlerName myautohandlername
PerlSetVar MasonDHandlerName mydhandlername
PerlSetVar MasonDeclineDirs 0
#snip
</VirtualHost>
bottom line:
============
all we want to do is replicate the above kind of setup (via
perl, in <perl> sections or startup.pl). isn't there a way
to do so?
version info:
# apache2 -v
Server version: Apache/2.0.48
Server built: Jan 30 2004 20:35:32
# uname -a
Linux tigris 2.4.21-xfs #13 SMP Tue Aug 26 01:46:14 CEST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
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