FWIW, you can look at the source of Apache::UploadMeter to see an example of <Perl> sections in use - they're actually called during the httpd.conf parsing triggered by statements found in the httpd.conf
Issac Perrin Harkins wrote: > I don't use them, but in a startup.pl you would be in a different package. > > - Perrin > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Boysenberry Payne > <boysenbe...@habitatlife.com> wrote: > >> Do you know if the scope of Perl Sections are the same as when using a >> startup.pl? >> >> -bop >> >> On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Perrin Harkins wrote: >> >> >>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Boysenberry Payne >>> <boysenbe...@habitatlife.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm using <Perl> blocks in my apache conf files for early server >>>> configuration. >>>> I remember reading someone on this list saying they wouldn't use Perl >>>> Sections at all. >>>> >>> That might have been me. I don't like to use them. I find it simpler >>> to put all the perl code in a startup.pl. I also like to generate my >>> httpd.conf from templates, and this means I can also generate conf >>> files for non-mod_perl servers, like my proxy. >>> >>> - Perrin >>> >>
