so when i tried the httpd.conf approach i ran into a problem. i added this to my conf file:
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/test> PerlOptions -InputFilter -OutputFilter </Directory> but when i ran "apachectl -t" on it i got this syntax error: Invalid per-directory PerlOption: InputFilter so it seems that while PerlOption is allowed at the directory level, the InputFilter and OutputFilter options are not. (i actually couldn't find a relevant section in the docs about that so i am unsure.) it is my preferred solution to be able to turn the filter off for particular directories via the conf file so it is my fading hope that i'm doing something wrong? if i am not then my plan of attack is to use PerlSetVar. then my conf file would look like so: <Directory /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/test> PerlSetVar EnableMyFilter false </Directory> and my input and output filter handlers would look something like this: sub handler : FilterRequestHandler { my $f = shift; return Apache2::Const::DECLINED if $f->r->dir_config ( 'EnableMyFilter' ) eq 'false'; ... } does that approach sound correct? or is that i need to add an enabling / disabling filter into the filter chain in front of my filter that reads the PerlSetVar option and then either leaves my filter in the chain or uses something like "$f->next->next...->remove" to remove it? thanks, mike On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Torsten Foertsch<torsten.foert...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Thu 30 Jul 2009, Torsten Foertsch wrote: > > Sorry, I hit return while one of my left hand fingers rested on the CTRL > key and the MUA interpreted this as "send mail now". > > So, here comes the rest of what I wanted to say. > >> On Wed 29 Jul 2009, Mike Barborak wrote: >> > is there magic to remove filters for a subdirectory or even disable >> > mod_perl altogether? >> >> A filter can remove itself on first invocation ($f->remove). It can >> also remove any filter further down the filter chain >> ($f->next->next...->remove). > > So, you can write a simple filter that checks things and removes the > next filter in the chain if necessary. Then you insert this filter > right before the unwanted one. > > You can also disable mod_perl for certain request phases: > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#C_Perl_Handler_ > > or completely: > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#C_Enable_ > > Torsten > > -- > Need professional mod_perl support? > Just hire me: torsten.foert...@gmx.net >